Change The Location of the Windows XP I386 Folder in the Registry

Windows XP

When installing new Windows components (from Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs > Add/Remove Windows Components), Windows will try to locate these files from the path from where Windows was originally installed, usually the CD/DVD drive. You can modify the path in which Windows looks for these files as follows:

1. Copy the I386 folder the Windows XP CD to the new location (eg. C:\)
2. Open the Registry Editor (Start > Run: regedit)
3. Navigate to the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup
4. Replace the data of the following values with the path where I386 was copied (eg. C:\):
   
   • SourcePath
   • ServicePackSourcePath
   • Installation Sources