From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David E Ehresman >When my desktop hard drive died a couple of weeks ago, I had >the chance to "practice" a XP BareMetalRestore. I also had >the problem that the XP install CD did not have a driver for >my network card. So I installed XP from cd, installed the >drivers for the network card, then ran the ASR scripts by >hand. The only problem I can into was with the restore of >SYSTEM OBJECTS where windows complained about overwriting >files. I told it to allow it and I got a functional system >but not with the correct settings. I did a 2nd restore of >System Objects that restored without complaining and then my >settings were correct. > >If you find a way to include the network card driver on the >Win CD, please let me know too.
Take a look at the freeware utility nLite (available at http://nuhi.msfn.org/). It facilitates creation of customized Windows install images, including SP slipstreams, hardware drivers, and Windows installation answer files. Great little utility. -- Mark Stapleton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) IBM Certified Advanced Deployment Professional Tivoli Storage Management Solutions 2005 IBM Certified Advanced Technical Expert (CATE) AIX Office 262.521.5627
