I am sure this article will be very useful for computer technicians. Many years back, my first job was a computer technician and I am required to reinstall Windows very often. Whenever there’s a problem I can’t solve, the only solution is to format and reinstall Windows. The most annoying problem that I encounter was finding the correct driver for network adapter, sound card, display card, and etc after installing Windows. Some people don’t keep their drivers disc and it can be tough looking for the correct drivers especially if the hardware is some OEM parts from some unknown manufacturer.
When we couldn’t look for the correct drivers, we have to waste more time in downloading and trying other drivers which can result in blue screens, lockups and auto reboots. How nice if there was a CD or DVD that contains ALL latest drivers for main hardwares such as LAN, sound, chipset, CPU, graphics, storage and Wireless LAN?
Look no further because I will show you how to easily create a CD that contains all current LAN, sound, chipset, CPU, graphics, storage and Wireless LAN drivers.
1. Copy everything from your Windows XP CD to a new folder, for example C:\XPSOURCE
2. Download DriverPacks Base and place the self-extracting file to a new folder, for example, C:\DriverPacks. Run the DriverPacks Base file and allow it to extract it’s contents to the folder you picked.
3. Go to DriverPacks page and download the pack you want. It has driverpacks for Chipset, CPU, Graphics, LAN, MassStorage, Sound and WLAN. Copy the packs to C:\DriverPacks\DriverPacks. You do not need to unzip them. Just download and copy the .7z file to C:\DriverPacks\DriverPacks
4. Now run DPs_BASE.exe from C:\DriverPacks. Select your language and click the Next button. Click Next again when you’re at the Settings page.
5. When you’re at the page asking you to select location of platform, make sure “disc” is selected, and click Browse button. Browse to C:\XPSOURCE. It will identify the operating system type. Click Next.
6. Select the packs that you want to slipstream and click Next.
7. Choose “method 1” and click Next.
8. Now click the Slipstream button.
9. Go to C:\XPSOURCE folder and you’ll notice a new folder “$OEM$” being created. Burn the “D” folder from “Source Folder \$OEM$\$1\” to a CD.
Congratulations! You now have a CD that contains all latest drivers for Windows XP! If you’re burning the drivers to a DVD, you don’t need to go through all the steps above. Just download the driverpacks and extract. Burn the \D folder to a DVD. The reason why we need to go through such long process for CD is because all uncompressed driverpacks takes up 1.3GB of space but a CD is only 700MB. So we need to cab compress the DriverPacks to fit in a CD.
This article might be a little outdated as there are newer version of DriverPacks. Do visit DriverPacks official website below for updated information.
Usually I do not approve your type of comments but I’ll let it through. Let me lighten you up.
1. You don’t own the keywords.
- Try searching in Google and you find hundreds or thousands of sites with similar keywords.
2. I write the article myself and didn’t copy everything from your site.
- Those are the steps that I took to create a XP driver CD, so I written them myself to share it with my readers. I see no wrong in teaching people for free…
3. I did not “LEECH” your bandwidth but I send my visitors to your site.
- I did you provide direct link to your EXE files, so I am NOT leeching your bandwidth.
4. This is MY blog, I have the rights to write about my review and opinion on your software.
- No explanation needed. I can share whatever I want since it’s my site as long as I don’t hurt anyone.
5. Outdate, yes it happens.
- I review hundreds of software and they all will get outdated some day. That’s why I have to re-review them or at least the author of the software can “politely” contact me for a re-review.
6. My readers thank me because I show them step by step, the plain and easy way on how I did it so they can follow. And NOT because they think I created this.
I am closing this comment as I see no further discussion needed. I see no wrong in copyright or whatsoever.
PS we get 32,000 downloads a day we dont need you to “promote” us BTS is one of the best known names in the IT profession – but you knew that and that is why your trying to leech our hits with the search words below – correct?
If you wish to help Please join DPS
Please privide a link to pages that refer to our stuff on our site so we can verify its accuracy. Or better yet you could have offered your tutorial to us.
for example this post is extreemely out of date…
if this were a link to info on our site it would be current.
I don’t see anywhere where you say you COPIED the info we have. I Don’t see ANYWHERE where you credit BTS, Myself, the team, as near as i can figure you are not even a member of DriverPacks.
People who try to pass others work off as there own are known as Pie Rats. I think it is you who misunderstand. You are leeching If you dont first get permission. and so many of these people have thanked you, clearly they think this is your work. not once did you say the credit goes to Bashrat the sneaky and the DriverPacks crew.
Join the forum privide a link to here make any suggested changes by the team and myself.
and for sake of everyones sanity get a recent copy of our software and remove the keywords below.
I am not opposed to this – you just need to do it properly and with our permission.
Jeff, I think you misunderstood. I am helping you to promote your software and never claimed that I am the coder or author of Driverpacks.
If you don’t want me to do that, I’ll gladly remove your links to your software.
I see that my previous post was deleted…
If this post is deleted i will turn you in to your ISP for violation of TOS…
stealing Driverpacks.net Info and redistributing it as your own is Theft…
If you wish to Link to our site that is fine…
however taking credit for our work is not only rude it is a viloation of our copywrite.
If you wish to use our info please get the proper permissions and give the original authors the credit since they did the work not you.
Jeff Herre
Adminstrator Driverpacks.net
Salut cher Raymond,
Merci pour ce document. Mais aide moi encore pour un peu d’éclaircissement. La gravure du dossier “D” sur CD peut permettre à l’installation de windows XP? Ou bien c’est uniquement un CD de driver. Merci de me repondre car étant un technicien j’en ai fort besoin.
Salut Raymond et tous les amis,
J’ai trouvé ce document très interessant mais il y a quelque chose que je ne comprends pas très bien. On peut utiliser ce CD pour installer windows xp et tous les pilotes automatiquement ou bien c’est rien qu’un cd de driver car ce dossier “D” ne contien aucun fichier de pour installation de windows ni un fichier pour booter la machine pour commencer l’installation. Merci de me repondre car c’est très important pour moi aussi en tant que technicien.
9. Go to C:\XPSOURCE folder and you’ll notice a new folder “$OEM$” being created. Burn the “D” folder from “Source Folder \$OEM$\$1\” to a CD.
The point 9. for me it is incomprehensible
it refers to this?
devcon.exe
DPINST.exe
DPInst.xml
DPsFnshr.exe
DPsFnshr.ini
DP_Install_Tool.cmd
DriverPack_CPU_wnt5_x86-32.ini
DriverPack_Graphics_A_wnt5_x86-32.ini
DriverPack_Graphics_B_wnt5_x86-32.ini
DriverPack_Graphics_C_wnt5_x86-32.ini
DriverPack_LAN_wnt5_x86-32.ini
DriverPack_MassStorage_wnt5_x86-32.ini
DriverPack_Sound_A_wnt5_x86-32.ini
DriverPack_Sound_B_wnt5_x86-32.ini
DSPdsblr.exe
makePNF.exe
mute.exe
pmtimer.exe
What must I exactly do?
i mean i “can’t” find the $oem$ folder
i can find the \\\”$oem$\\\” folder anywhere, did i do something wrong?
Scusa,
Ho seguito passo passo le tue istruzioni.Tutto ok. Poi ho masterizzato la famosa ” D” con Nero.Alla fine provo il cd ma non funziona,perte ma resta lo schermo nero.
Forse sbaglio a masterizzare il cd? Come devo fare?
grazie.
Scusa,ma non mi funziona il cd dopo aver masterizzato la famosa ” D”.Forse sbaglio a masterizzare il cd? Come devo fare?
grazie.
Respeted Ray…….i have a problem ……….i thing u can help me and solve this problem……..problem is….i have a 10 computer network on XP professional operating system……..but internet is not share on the network……….how can i share internet……….i have give the ip address on main comuter…..
Ray- When \”copying\” the XP CD to directory should it be copied as data or .iso?
Perfect, this will come in handy.
STUMBLED!
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@James Aragorn – too bad you have to come by and speak your mind. Obviously this method has enlightened many readers of this site. Sometimes, these ideas may be referred to as \’oldies but goodies\’…
Seriously OLD, been there done that ages ago.
hi
i only need in xp cd my system drivers i have tv tuner ,sound card ,agp card ,modem when i install fresh xp all drivers install automatic how can i do that i have tried nlite but not worked properly plz help
hey nice..but one thing..i couldn\\\\\\\’t choose method 1..idk why.wil it wokr the same..and another thing now that i have oem file can e remove the driver pack file?
Why thanks a lot for the tip. I made a \\\”All you can eat XP DVD\\\” for work and it\\\’s already come in handy in installing missing drivers for a network controller (so much easier then the old route of guess and check)
Much appreciated. You\\\’ve won yourself another frequent. ;)
Wow, thank you very, very much!!!
Thanxs a lot.I rebuild computers for the Computers for Kids project here in SE Ky and I run into all sorts of hardware.This helps a lot.
once again thank u verymuch. i tried this in two cmputers and result is outstanding..one more thing, can we make a similar type of cd with all printer drivers?? it will help me a lot… pls…
thanks in advance..
shinod
one more thing?
how will you intergrate the all sata driver to winxp in order for us to create a windows xp cd,
so that we will not go the manufacturer of our motherboard,
its a lot of hassle if can`t find which or what type of motherboard do you have????
thanks in advance,
thanks tapedump!
i`ve done it!
thanks ray!
keep it up!!!
superious blog!!!
ok i found it thnx
thank u great i did all but i ant find \”D\” folder in from “Source Folder \\$OEM$\\$1\\”
am noob please ay help
Thanks raymond, bout this article. It helps a lot for me being a technician
Yes, all IDE/SATA/RAID (and more) stuff is handled through the DriverPack -> “MassStorage” pack: driverpacks.net/DriverPacks/devices.php?pag=m
yeah how about the sata?
and can it be install in newest pc?
like hp, dell, asus, acer, toshiba etc…
nice tutorials
thanks!
thank u very much. this will help me a lot ..
Main problem is SATA Hard Drives when we format. Is there a site with all SATA drivers?
if this works you`ll have made my workdays much easyer, knowing the fact that i do work as a IT&C Tecnical support specialist, i deal with system reinstalls all day, and this may be very helpfull!
Thanx in advance!
why not use nLite ?
very informative!! thnx a lot
sweet! Nice info, Raymond.
Hi,
Will the driver CD work for all the branded Laptops like Dell,HP,Sony which contains different hardwares from different manufacturers? And while updating a driver for a particular hardware we need to get the updated version from these vendors website and not from any other website.
Yes ma7moud, you don’t need other driver CD. This CD will work on ALL computer because it has all drivers.
sorry Rymond ..i did not get it
by this we will not need driver cd’s ???
and will this work for my Pc only ?? or for all computers ??
can windows update find all the drivers for the system?