Originally Posted By: mlord
It keeps giving file-copy errors of various kinds when performing the first step pre-nLite: copy everything from the original install disc to a directory. I suppose I can probably get around that by using Linux to do the copy..

Unless nLite is buggy, it shouldn't do that. The XP install disc isn't special and it doesn't have any braindead copy "protection" mechanisms. I've dragged and dropped the contents of an XP CD many times.

If you're transferring from a PATA to SATA drive then be aware that some SATA controller drivers will appear as a SCSI controller instead of a regular ATA controller. This will cause any existing activation to fail and require reactivation so remember to do all of the driver updates first.