okay i have the windows px bin and cue files. i open up nero and go to boot, highlight the files and burn them. when i put the cd in and restart the computer it starts up (the black screen and .....)but after 20 seconds it says search for usb hdd,or something like that and it does not continue from there.at first i thought its suppose to take long but still no luck. if anyone can help, really appreciated, thanks
Did you use the Microsoft Corporation.img for the boot image in Nero? You have to have a boot image to use if you want to make a bootable cd. http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_sp2_slipstream.asp Look at step 4 on that page. It tells you how to extract a boot image from an original XP CD and add it to a boot cd that you create. I have done this before, slipstreaming a XP SP2 into an XP install CD so that SP2 is already integrated. You don't have to do that, but the method for creating a bootable cd is the same as those instructions.
in the windows xp folder i have, and looking at step 4 from the link i have the DOCS I386 SUPPORT VALUEADD AUTORUN README SETUP WIN51 WIN51IC but i dont have the others i see in the link. is theres any way for me to accomplish want i want,without having to purchase the software? thank for any help
i just checked my folder & it has almost the same # of files & folders as you have except i have a boot.bin in addition
im being honest when i say, i have no idea how this works help is obviously needed and i would greatly appreciate it thanks is there any way at all to do this with a downloaded WXP file cause it says its a bootable but its not working for me thanks for any help
im being honest when i say, i have no idea how this works help is obviously needed and i would greatly appreciate it thanks is there any way at all to do this with a downloaded WXP file cause it says its a bootable but its not working for me thanks for any help
hum, could you elaborate i mean i have windows xp home emachines, good running comp you know if i were to put a real xp boot cd in and reboot,it would run. but i downloaded these files and want to know how to burn them correctly to have my own boot cd just in case. thanks for the help
in windows explorer, goto tool\folder options\view & enable "show all files" to see on xp cd if there is a boot.ini on it!
i dont have the windows xp actual cd, i downloaded it but in the folder i dont see any boot....files.
check this link as they talk about making bootable cds besides bootable floppies http://www.bootdisk.com/
i don't think so. clink on the line that contains this "DOS/Windows9X/Me/NT/2K/XP Excellent Bootdisks" & go from there
okay, im really sorry for the bother but i dont have a floppy disc drive and i cant seem to make anything out of that information
Even enablling show hidden files will not show the Microsoft Corporation.img on a Windows XP boot cd. You need something like ISO buster than can view the boot partion on a cd. When you create a bootable cd, it is almost like partitioning a hard drive. A small partition holds the boot code, boots the cd, then hands it over to the main system. For example, look at a Knoppix Linux cd, the bootable live cd, with ISO Buster. You will see a knopper.net.img in the Bootable CD portion, but you will not see that by listing the files within Windows or Linux, you have to have something like ISO Buster that can see the bootable cd portion. http://www.isobuster.com/isobusterdownload.htm There is a link to a trial of iso buster.
use the iso buster to look in the windows xp folder on my desktop? cause i dont have the cd. i do have a window xp upgrade cd.is there someway i can use that?
