Hi! currently I do XP installations from hard drive (copied entire CD to HD) by executing /i386/winnt.exe file in the DOS (I use Windows 98 installation CD to boot into DOS, also before executing winnt.exe I execute smartdrv.exe from win98 CD) Everything is fine if C: drive is formated with FAT32, but I'd like have all my hard drives formated with NTFS. Yes, I know that DOS doesnt recognize NTFS format, so I use NTFSDOS PRO program. Now, there is a problem: when I execute winnt.exe it asks the installation source (witch is normal), and on next screen its trying load first file and gives error that there is not enough memory (I have 1gig of RAM). So, do I do something wrong? is there any work around of it? is there any other way to install XP from HD? Thanks.

Why not just boot the machine with the XP CD and format it NTFS that way? Why would you want to bother going about it in such a roundabout way? Jimi_l

I realise that running setup from your hard drive may be quicker than cd but why dont you just install from the xp cd set you bios to boot from cd and you can format and install windows from your cd

what would u chose 10-15 min installating from HD or 30-40 min from CD?

I should think you have already spent more time finding a solution to that cluster of an install technique that you would have installing it as intended. Jimi_l

this is for my feature knowlege ;) as u know knowlege is power. Hopefully I wont need it soon :D P.S. Jimi_1 no offence, but u should avoid "answering" like this, its absolute useless and wasting people's time ;)

If you didn't like Jimi's answer, that doesn't make it useless. In the span of time since I saw your first message I /did/ install XP. You almost sound like you are trying to do 'many' installs in this manner. I have done Ghost images of an install and blown the image onto several PCs, if time is your concern.