[TOOL] XP2ESD - Create modern Windows XP installer v1.6.2

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  1. George King

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  2. jiafei2427

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    Here it is
    Code:
    https://forums.mydigitallife.net/threads/request-various-strings-translations-needed-for-runonceex.83487/page-2#post-1681070
     
  3. George King

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    #603 George King, Aug 9, 2021
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  4. example12345678912345678

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    Hi, I'm getting "BOOTMGR is missing" error sometimes when I install Windows normally and simply capturing it myself. Did you fix this error in upcoming 1.6?
    Also what about adding the countdown at the end of setup for 1.6?
     
  5. George King

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    Sorry, but I don't know steps what you did on your custom captured images, so I don't now how to fix it. Just be sure you install system to first HDD and first partition, thats only limitation. I need more information to try find solution.
    If you use XP2ESD with auto-sysprep, you shouldn't encounter it.

    Countdown for what exactly?
     
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    I already know how to create custom VHD and capture it. I'm just getting "BOOTMGR is missing" error while it's actually booted via NTLDR.
     
  8. George King

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    Thats not true exactly. XP2ESD install Windows 7 BOOTMGR with legacy option which calls boot.ini + NTLDR.

    Can you explain your scenario more? Maybe is not correctly removed “system reserved partition”? This was fixed in past and setup.cmd remove partition listed in MBs. It can depends on used Setup Engine. Boot again into setup and see what partitions remain
     
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    #611 George King, Aug 13, 2021
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    @example12345678912345678 What Windows 7 / 10 ISO was used? are they untouched? This system reserved partition is removed automatically before reboot.

    If you delete it manually it, system should boot.
     
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    Yes, they're original ISOs.
    Also thanks for the information.
     
  11. George King

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    And ISO names? I want to reproduce it on my side, If there is something to fix
     
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    #614 example12345678912345678, Aug 13, 2021
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    "Win7_x86.iso" and "Win10_x86.iso"
    Same as config.ini files.
    If you're talking about where I did download files from, I searched Windows 7 SP1 x86 ISO by searching SHA1 values, and downloaded Windows 10 from a website named "TechBench."

    Edit: Thanks, I finally managed to install Windows XP/Server 2003 with old service packs via XP2ESD.
    I just had to do the thing you said before and copy EULA file from I386 to this folder:
    Thanks again, but being have to removing "System Reserved" partition is a little bit non-sense. Because it seems unnecessary.
     
  13. George King

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    I need exact original ISO names to reproduce your error with removing system reserved partition.

    I will see in few hours results. I have launched XP2ESD on 131 ISOs. Hopefully I have improved and fixed all problems.

    I have repacked all OnePiece XP UpdatePacks v1.0.9 to fix languages attributes in entries.ini. ARA and HEB UpdatePacks were broken by default - I have fixed them too. .NET CABs needs to be updated too. But I can live with current build. Next step is to rebuild Embedded UpdatePacks to remove some obsolete files and review main INF.

    And I need to build 2003 UpdatePacks - all needed files are downloaded, only some tests are needed and some updates are lost in time - I will use English files with languages RES patch to get perfect result.
     
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    My current testing progress for upcoming v1.6

    1) Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 x86 + 24 WinPE languages
    2) Windows 10 1507 x86 + 24 WinPE languages
    3) Windows XP SP3 in all 24 languages and editions -> 131 input ISOs
    4) Repacked UpdatePacks

    Results
    • Processing time was around 53 hours
    • install.wim 42,6 GB (45 784 199 050 bytes)
    • install.esd 5,83 GB (6 267 857 568 bytes)
    • ISO 6,12 GB (6 577 160 192 bytes)
     
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    Code:
     Directory of C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\XP2ESD\TR\repository
    
    15.08.2021  16:26    <DIR>          .
    15.08.2021  16:26    <DIR>          ..
    24.10.2014  21:12       586.110.976 2K3 Enterprise SP0.iso
    13.08.2021  00:38       623.837.184 2K3 Enterprise SP1.iso
    13.08.2021  00:39       653.524.992 2K3 Enterprise SP2.iso
    24.10.2014  21:06       586.110.976 2K3 Enterprise VL SP0.iso
    13.08.2021  00:40       623.837.184 2K3 Enterprise VL SP1.iso
    13.08.2021  00:41       653.524.992 2K3 Enterprise VL SP2.iso
    25.10.2014  15:05       584.968.192 2K3 Standard SP0.iso
    13.08.2021  00:42       622.592.000 2K3 Standard SP1.iso
    13.08.2021  00:44       652.279.808 2K3 Standard SP2.iso
    24.10.2014  20:08       584.968.192 2K3 Standard VL SP0.iso
    13.08.2021  00:45       622.592.000 2K3 Standard VL SP1.iso
    13.08.2021  00:46       652.279.808 2K3 Standard VL SP2.iso
    05.08.2021  21:49     3.886.968.832 Win10_x86.iso
    07.12.2020  21:38     2.427.400.192 Win7_x86.iso
    30.09.2014  01:52       504.295.424 XP Home SP0.iso
    18.07.2021  01:17       526.909.440 XP Home SP1.iso
    18.07.2021  01:18       522.715.136 XP Home SP1a.iso
    18.07.2021  01:20       568.918.016 XP Home SP2.iso
    18.07.2021  01:21       577.568.768 XP Home SP3.iso
    01.05.2021  01:44       520.886.272 XP Pro SP0.iso
    18.07.2021  01:12       543.686.656 XP Pro SP1.iso
    18.07.2021  01:13       539.492.352 XP Pro SP1a.iso
    18.07.2021  01:15       610.533.376 XP Pro SP2.iso
    18.07.2021  01:16       619.773.952 XP Pro SP3.iso
    30.09.2014  01:46       520.888.320 XP Pro VL SP0.iso
    13.08.2021  00:25       543.686.656 XP Pro VL SP1.iso
    13.08.2021  00:26       539.492.352 XP Pro VL SP1a.iso
    13.08.2021  00:23       610.533.376 XP Pro VL SP2.iso
    13.08.2021  00:24       619.773.952 XP Pro VL SP3.iso
    They're all of the filenames. All SP0 ISOs are downloaded from BA FTP, so SP0 ISOs are original. But for ISOs with Service Packs, I simply integrated service packs via command line and created ISO with nLite.
     
  16. George King

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    @example12345678912345678 I need only Windows 7 and 10 original ISO names or SHA. I want to reproduce bug that you encountered with system reserved partition.
     
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    #620 example12345678912345678, Aug 15, 2021
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    Oh OK.
    Code:
    Windows 7:
    c352f8b7071a7893edecacc02af1421f1cb6bf32
    Windows 10:
    030c125fdacc5e44dcadcb0804d8d6d978be940d
    Just realized Windows 10 hash doesn't match. :/
    I'm downloading another Windows 10 ISO right now.
    Also I have an idea, why not also exclude install.wim files when extracting Win7 and Win10 ISOs?
    This makes process a little bit faster.
    Edit: I've downloaded the ISO and it's SHA1 matches.
    Code:
    d71b91be77dcc8b5592418377af6e44f752f1dfd