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Making a XP Bootable CD |
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The following are the instructions for making a bootable XP CD using Nero |
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To begin, download the Microsoft Corporatiion.img file and remember the location where you download it to your computer |
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| 1. | Start Nero |
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Double click on CD-ROM (boot) |
| 3. | Check Image File |
| 4. | Click on the Browse button, File of Type - All Files, Select the Image file |
| 5. | Keep the Nero Boot-Loader 07C0 |
| 6. | Load Segment - 07C0 |
| 7. | Number of loaded sectors - 4 |
| 8. | Make the screen look like the following graphic |
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| 8. | Click on the ISO tab |
| 9. | Configure it to match the following graphic |
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| 10. | Click on the LABEL tab |
| 11. | You don't need to
but here are the default labels for the different versions of XP:
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| 12. | Click on the New button |
| 13. | Select your XP Source files and drag to the window on the left |
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| 14. | Make your bootable XP CD. |
Copying the Source Files |
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| 1. | If your WindowsXP source files are already on the computer's hard drive you can skip this section. |
| 2. | Insert your WindowsXP CD |
| 3. | If prompted, do not install WindowsXP |
| 4. | Create a directory on the hard drive and copy the entire contents of the CD to that directory |
| 5. | For example, use c:\winxp |
Performing the SlipStream |
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| 1. | Given the previous examples, go to the c:\xp_sp2\i386\update directory |
| 2. | Run: update.exe -S:c:\winxp |
| 3. | When it is finished, you will see the message The Integrated install has completed successfully |
| 4. | You can now copy the c:\winxp directory to a CD or other location. |
| 5. | If you need to make a bootable CD ROM, there are other locations on the Internet with good detailed instructions. |