Here's our Windows NT Tip for.. June 20, 2000
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Installing Windows NT 4.0 Workstation From the Hard Disk
Since a number of people seem interested in storing the distribution files on the hard drive, I have a couple of recommendations:

1. There is no need to expand the files -- they will be expanded during setup when NT needs the source files. This will eliminate the whole process as it was originally documented in your tip. Instead, you can just copy the \I386 folder from your CD to your selected folder on the hard disk.

2. Because Windows NT was very likely originally installed from a CD, when you add components, the default location for the source files will always be the prompted location that the Windows NT setup will look for. This location is stored in the following registry key, and can be changed. When you install new components, you will not have to browse for the source path.

As usual, use caution with your registry editor. Click Start, Run, and type

regedit

then press Enter. When RegEdit opens, navigate to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup]

Locate your SourcePath string and edit it to have the full and exact path to where you copied your installation files in step #1 above. Close Regedit and you are finished.