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A live CD or live distro is a computer operating system that is executed upon boot, without installation to a hard disk drive.



It just involves adding of some plugins. One of the easiest ways to do this is using a software called pebuilder. Using it, you can create an XP Live CD.
Here’s all the software you’ll need:

• pebuilder3110a1.exe, which can be downloaded from
  ftp://dl.xs4all.nl/pub/mirror/nu2files/pebuilder3110a.exe
• Plugins: xpe-1.0.7.cab (the GUI shell) from http://tinyurl.com/2ct72t and Other plugins from www.bootcd.us/BartPE_Plugins_Complete.php
• Nero Burning ROM
• A (bootable) XP CD

Thw XP live CD can be created by the following steps:

Step 1: Download pebuilder3110a1.exe and install it.

Step 2: For the wallpaper, replace C:\pebuilder3110a\bartpe.bmp with the image you want as your wallpaper. You can
find the default XP wallpaper at C:\WINDOWS\Web\Wallpaper\bliss.bmp.
(Both these, of course, assume the C drive as the installation location.)

Step 3: Download the plugins:

• xpe-1.0.7.cab: This will create the XP start button and taskbar. It is the GUI shell of the XP Live CD.
• Network Driver Plugin Pack: This provides many network card drivers
• FreeAV Virus Scanner: This integrates FreeAV
• diskexplorer_for_ntfs.cab: A very good file explorer And more you can choose what you want to download to add functionality. There are 537 plugins right now to choose from!

Step 4: Open pebuilder. Specify the source path to the Windows installation file. This should be your Windows XP installation bootable CD, where the i386 folder resides.

Step 5: Click Plugins and add the plugins you’ve downloaded. Since you’ve included xpe-1.0.7.cab, disable nu2shell and the startup group.

Step 6: Specify the ISO image file, and click Build.

Step 7: After that’s done, use Nero (or any other burning software) and burn the image file to a CD. You’re done!

source:pcs place