How to make a bootable Xp cd ?

Zorba

Hi all

I've an Xp cd but for whatever reason it won't boot, so i need to make a bootable xp cd, anyone know the easiest way to do this ?

stevire

Did you try boot from CD option in the BIOS??

Zorba

Yep tried that on two different computers even set the bios to boot from cd and nothing else and it told me there was no operating system found, so wanna burn a new iso disc that i can boot from.

MunsterCycling

nLite is what you're looking for.

http://www.nliteos.com/

Loads of options, one being to make bootable ISOs

MC

aidan_walsh

Or, get a legitimate XP CD.

BKtje

When burning a cd be sure to tick the "make bootable" option or burn as an .iso rather than just copy and pasting the files to the cd.

Without knowing what burning software you use it's hard to explain exactly how.

MrVestek

I had this trouble recently, an old vanilla XP install disc that I had wouldn't boot from the CD no matter what I tried. I upgraded a friend's laptop from vista to XP over the weekend and it gave me no amount of trouble, then I remembered an old article I once came across.

http://www.nu2.nu/bootcd/#wxp

It gives instructions of how to build a bootable XP cd with the option of slipstreaming either SP1 or SP2 into the install (it's the same process for slipstreaming SP2 also, so just follow the guide as it's quite old and only written for SP1).

Happy erh... installing!

Zorba

Thanks for all the replies guys gonna try the nLite tool and see how i get on.

Just have to try and make Vista cooperate first :(:(:(

MrVestek

Zorba wrote: »

Just have to try and make Vista cooperate first :(:(:(

Yeah good luck with that...