The CD Forum > Bootable xp pro cd

fingerfood

Apr 6 2009, 07:53 PM

Is there a way to extract the required boot files from the HDD-installed program?
I have two machines running on xp pro; one is a P3 and the other is a P4. While attempting to slipstream and burn a bootable xp pro cd for the P4, I did not get the system files to the cd that are required for the boot. The original bootable was somehow damaged, and I was able to copy everything from the cd except the system files. The newly burned xp pro sp2 disc does not boot properly.
Thank you.....

jaclaz

Apr 7 2009, 02:59 AM

QUOTE (fingerfood @ Apr 7 2009, 02:53 AM)

Is there a way to extract the required boot files from the HDD-installed program?
I have two machines running on xp pro; one is a P3 and the other is a P4. While attempting to slipstream and burn a bootable xp pro cd for the P4, I did not get the system files to the cd that are required for the boot. The original bootable was somehow damaged, and I was able to copy everything from the cd except the system files. The newly burned xp pro sp2 disc does not boot properly.
Thank you.....

If you are missing just the CD bootsector, you can find it alnmost everywhere, here for example:
http://www.howtohaven.com/system/createwin...setupdisk.shtml

jaclaz

Ben_Mott

Apr 7 2009, 03:40 PM

hello,

always use imgburn to write ISO to Cd (do not copy as data )

Ben
Bart got instruction how ro make bootable installation Windows CD when you got i386 folder only.

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

NU2.nu is his site

Ben

fingerfood

Apr 10 2009, 04:10 PM

QUOTE (jaclaz @ Apr 7 2009, 02:59 AM)

If you are missing just the CD bootsector, you can find it alnmost everywhere, here for example:
http://www.howtohaven.com/system/createwin...setupdisk.shtml

jaclaz