Copy Entire Folder

• 1). Insert your Windows XP installation disc.
  
  
• 2). Click on "Start," then "Run." Type "command" and press "Enter."
  
  
• 3). Type "mkdir c:\i386" and press the "Enter" key. (You can save the contents to another hard disk. Change the directory letter from "c:" to the correct hard disk letter if you save to another drive.)
  
  
• 4). Type "cd c:\i386" and press "Enter."
  
  
• 5). Type "xcopy d:\i386 /s/h" and press the "Enter" key. Change the optical drive letter from "d:" to your computer's optical drive letter if it is not the D: drive.
  
  

Unpack Specific Files

• 1). Insert your Windows XP installation disc.
  
  
• 2). Click on "Start," then "Run." Type "command" and press "Enter."
  
  
• 3). Type "mkdir c:\bckup" and press "Enter." (You can create a folder with any name except for one that shares a Windows folder name.)
  
  
• 4). Type "expand d:\i386\filename.ext c:\bckup" (replacing "filename.ext" with the specific file name and extension of the file) and press the "Enter" key. Change the directory where you wish to extract the file if you are replacing a system file.
  
  
• 5). Repeat for each file you wish to extract.