Running XP direct off Serial ATA HD

[Rod_Wi]

G-Day Mate,

Could anyone please advise how I can put XP onto my seagate 80G serial ATA hd so I won't have to ever put the cd in again when installing different hardware etc.
I want to have it so when it ask for "please insert your windows cd" when putting hardware in, it will just read the xp files direct off my harddrive.

Please go easy on explaining this as I am no expert at this type of thing. Word for word in explaining would be a tremendous help.

My motherboard supports serial ata so I know I won't have to add any extra drivers in for a pci card etc.

Thanks in advance to anyone that can help with this.

Rod

[rpertusio]

I believe vendors such as Dell simply hav a copy of the I386 folder on the hard drive. I'll explain how to do that:

(1) Insert your WinXP CD, and browse the contents
(2) Copy the "I386" folder from the CD onto your hard drive

I think the most common place to find it is simply: C:\I386

- rp