I'm burning a lot of worthless CDs trying to make one to boot to DOS (no
floppy drive available).

I've downloaded several programs to boot to DOS, unzipped them, and burned
the iso to a CD. When I boot to the CD I get the Hardware Profile
Configuration Recovery Menu, which shows Profile 1...no other option except
to boot to last good config, etc. When I hit enter it boots to XP.

I need a CD ROM that will allow me to boot to DOS to run the various fixmbr,
fixboot commands, when trying to repair a PC that has a corrupted hard
drive.

I must be too dense, the CDs have the ISO image, and I am booting to the CD.
TIA

Not sure, but one thing you say gives me pause: Did you simply copy the ISO
files to CD or did you use a utility that is intended to properly place the
image (contents of the ISO file) onto the CD.

Note that DOS is pretty much useless for working on Windows XP systems,
especially if the partitions are formatted in NTFS. In fact, FIXBOOT isn't a
DOS function at all. What you need is to boot to a Windows XP installation
CD and use the Repair Console, or, I suppose, use a BartPE CD or similar.

Lastly, while you say you can boot to the CD, it doesn't sound like you're
actually succeeding when you describe the process. Are you sure your system
is even trying to boot to the CD? Is your BIOS boot sequence properly
arranged to have the CD boot before the HD?

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"Mark" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> I'm burning a lot of worthless CDs trying to make one to boot to DOS (no
> floppy drive available).
>
> I've downloaded several programs to boot to DOS, unzipped them, and burned
> the iso to a CD. When I boot to the CD I get the Hardware Profile
> Configuration Recovery Menu, which shows Profile 1...no other option
> except to boot to last good config, etc. When I hit enter it boots to XP.
>
> I need a CD ROM that will allow me to boot to DOS to run the various
> fixmbr, fixboot commands, when trying to repair a PC that has a corrupted
> hard drive.
>
> I must be too dense, the CDs have the ISO image, and I am booting to the
> CD. TIA
>

Thanks Gary. I'm surprised you are still lurking in this NG, Vista
newsgroups seems to have stolen the good gurus. Glad you are still
available to help out.

I just copied the ISO to a CD, now I see why that didn't work. I found out
that I have to use my Nero to make a bootable CD. That worked. Now, I have
a bootable CD with the Ultimate Boot CD ISO, but can't see or use any of the
options.

I've used XP repair, works good, so I'd better just stay with that method.
I had hoped to have all of the repair options on a bootable CD so I can
repair PCs for folks in my computer club, so I don't have to carry a list of
the commands...fixboot, fixmbr, sfc scanonce, all of those goodies.


"Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote in message
news:%23$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Not sure, but one thing you say gives me pause: Did you simply copy the
> ISO files to CD or did you use a utility that is intended to properly
> place the image (contents of the ISO file) onto the CD.
>
> Note that DOS is pretty much useless for working on Windows XP systems,
> especially if the partitions are formatted in NTFS. In fact, FIXBOOT isn't
> a DOS function at all. What you need is to boot to a Windows XP
> installation CD and use the Repair Console, or, I suppose, use a BartPE CD
> or similar.
>
> Lastly, while you say you can boot to the CD, it doesn't sound like you're
> actually succeeding when you describe the process. Are you sure your
> system is even trying to boot to the CD? Is your BIOS boot sequence
> properly arranged to have the CD boot before the HD?
>
> --
> Gary S. Terhune
> MS-MVP Shell/User
> www.grystmill.com
>
> "Mark" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> I'm burning a lot of worthless CDs trying to make one to boot to DOS (no
>> floppy drive available).
>>
>> I've downloaded several programs to boot to DOS, unzipped them, and
>> burned the iso to a CD. When I boot to the CD I get the Hardware Profile
>> Configuration Recovery Menu, which shows Profile 1...no other option
>> except to boot to last good config, etc. When I hit enter it boots to
>> XP.
>>
>> I need a CD ROM that will allow me to boot to DOS to run the various
>> fixmbr, fixboot commands, when trying to repair a PC that has a corrupted
>> hard drive.
>>
>> I must be too dense, the CDs have the ISO image, and I am booting to the
>> CD. TIA
>>
>
>

I don't know anything about the apps you're talking about, but I kind of
assumed you were talking about command-line interfaces when you used the
term DOS. You're going to have to memorize or carry with you a list of
commands no matter which command-line OS you're using.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"Mark" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thanks Gary. I'm surprised you are still lurking in this NG, Vista
> newsgroups seems to have stolen the good gurus. Glad you are still
> available to help out.
>
> I just copied the ISO to a CD, now I see why that didn't work. I found
> out that I have to use my Nero to make a bootable CD. That worked. Now,
> I have a bootable CD with the Ultimate Boot CD ISO, but can't see or use
> any of the options.
>
> I've used XP repair, works good, so I'd better just stay with that method.
> I had hoped to have all of the repair options on a bootable CD so I can
> repair PCs for folks in my computer club, so I don't have to carry a list
> of the commands...fixboot, fixmbr, sfc scanonce, all of those goodies.
>
>
> "Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote in message
> news:%23$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Not sure, but one thing you say gives me pause: Did you simply copy the
>> ISO files to CD or did you use a utility that is intended to properly
>> place the image (contents of the ISO file) onto the CD.
>>
>> Note that DOS is pretty much useless for working on Windows XP systems,
>> especially if the partitions are formatted in NTFS. In fact, FIXBOOT
>> isn't a DOS function at all. What you need is to boot to a Windows XP
>> installation CD and use the Repair Console, or, I suppose, use a BartPE
>> CD or similar.
>>
>> Lastly, while you say you can boot to the CD, it doesn't sound like
>> you're actually succeeding when you describe the process. Are you sure
>> your system is even trying to boot to the CD? Is your BIOS boot sequence
>> properly arranged to have the CD boot before the HD?
>>
>> --
>> Gary S. Terhune
>> MS-MVP Shell/User
>> www.grystmill.com
>>
>> "Mark" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> I'm burning a lot of worthless CDs trying to make one to boot to DOS (no
>>> floppy drive available).
>>>
>>> I've downloaded several programs to boot to DOS, unzipped them, and
>>> burned the iso to a CD. When I boot to the CD I get the Hardware
>>> Profile Configuration Recovery Menu, which shows Profile 1...no other
>>> option except to boot to last good config, etc. When I hit enter it
>>> boots to XP.
>>>
>>> I need a CD ROM that will allow me to boot to DOS to run the various
>>> fixmbr, fixboot commands, when trying to repair a PC that has a
>>> corrupted hard drive.
>>>
>>> I must be too dense, the CDs have the ISO image, and I am booting to the
>>> CD. TIA
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

"Mark" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thanks Gary. I'm surprised you are still lurking in this NG, Vista
> newsgroups seems to have stolen the good gurus. Glad you are still
> available to help out.
>
> I just copied the ISO to a CD, now I see why that didn't work. I found
> out that I have to use my Nero to make a bootable CD. That worked. Now,
> I have a bootable CD with the Ultimate Boot CD ISO, but can't see or use
> any of the options.
>
> I've used XP repair, works good, so I'd better just stay with that method.
> I had hoped to have all of the repair options on a bootable CD so I can
> repair PCs for folks in my computer club, so I don't have to carry a list
> of the commands...fixboot, fixmbr, sfc scanonce, all of those goodies.

Those are all on stock XP boot disks via the recovery console, but, sfc will
require the correct type of CD and will ask for the disk. It checks files
between the hard disk and the install CD, so you can't make a generic disk
to use sfc; you need the correct disk type for that machine.

However, you can use any bootable XP disk to get into the recovery console
and run many of the other commands.


HTH
-pk


>
> "Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote in message
> news:%23$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Not sure, but one thing you say gives me pause: Did you simply copy the
>> ISO files to CD or did you use a utility that is intended to properly
>> place the image (contents of the ISO file) onto the CD.
>>
>> Note that DOS is pretty much useless for working on Windows XP systems,
>> especially if the partitions are formatted in NTFS. In fact, FIXBOOT
>> isn't a DOS function at all. What you need is to boot to a Windows XP
>> installation CD and use the Repair Console, or, I suppose, use a BartPE
>> CD or similar.
>>
>> Lastly, while you say you can boot to the CD, it doesn't sound like
>> you're actually succeeding when you describe the process. Are you sure
>> your system is even trying to boot to the CD? Is your BIOS boot sequence
>> properly arranged to have the CD boot before the HD?
>>
>> --
>> Gary S. Terhune
>> MS-MVP Shell/User
>> www.grystmill.com
>>
>> "Mark" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> I'm burning a lot of worthless CDs trying to make one to boot to DOS (no
>>> floppy drive available).
>>>
>>> I've downloaded several programs to boot to DOS, unzipped them, and
>>> burned the iso to a CD. When I boot to the CD I get the Hardware
>>> Profile Configuration Recovery Menu, which shows Profile 1...no other
>>> option except to boot to last good config, etc. When I hit enter it
>>> boots to XP.
>>>
>>> I need a CD ROM that will allow me to boot to DOS to run the various
>>> fixmbr, fixboot commands, when trying to repair a PC that has a
>>> corrupted hard drive.
>>>
>>> I must be too dense, the CDs have the ISO image, and I am booting to the
>>> CD. TIA
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

Thank you, I appreciate the replies.

"Patrick Keenan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> "Mark" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Thanks Gary. I'm surprised you are still lurking in this NG, Vista
>> newsgroups seems to have stolen the good gurus. Glad you are still
>> available to help out.
>>
>> I just copied the ISO to a CD, now I see why that didn't work. I found
>> out that I have to use my Nero to make a bootable CD. That worked. Now,
>> I have a bootable CD with the Ultimate Boot CD ISO, but can't see or use
>> any of the options.
>>
>> I've used XP repair, works good, so I'd better just stay with that
>> method. I had hoped to have all of the repair options on a bootable CD so
>> I can repair PCs for folks in my computer club, so I don't have to carry
>> a list of the commands...fixboot, fixmbr, sfc scanonce, all of those
>> goodies.
>
> Those are all on stock XP boot disks via the recovery console, but, sfc
> will require the correct type of CD and will ask for the disk. It checks
> files between the hard disk and the install CD, so you can't make a
> generic disk to use sfc; you need the correct disk type for that machine.
>
> However, you can use any bootable XP disk to get into the recovery console
> and run many of the other commands.
>
>
> HTH
> -pk
>
>
>>
>> "Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote in message
>> news:%23$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> Not sure, but one thing you say gives me pause: Did you simply copy the
>>> ISO files to CD or did you use a utility that is intended to properly
>>> place the image (contents of the ISO file) onto the CD.
>>>
>>> Note that DOS is pretty much useless for working on Windows XP systems,
>>> especially if the partitions are formatted in NTFS. In fact, FIXBOOT
>>> isn't a DOS function at all. What you need is to boot to a Windows XP
>>> installation CD and use the Repair Console, or, I suppose, use a BartPE
>>> CD or similar.
>>>
>>> Lastly, while you say you can boot to the CD, it doesn't sound like
>>> you're actually succeeding when you describe the process. Are you sure
>>> your system is even trying to boot to the CD? Is your BIOS boot sequence
>>> properly arranged to have the CD boot before the HD?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Gary S. Terhune
>>> MS-MVP Shell/User
>>> www.grystmill.com
>>>
>>> "Mark" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>> I'm burning a lot of worthless CDs trying to make one to boot to DOS
>>>> (no floppy drive available).
>>>>
>>>> I've downloaded several programs to boot to DOS, unzipped them, and
>>>> burned the iso to a CD. When I boot to the CD I get the Hardware
>>>> Profile Configuration Recovery Menu, which shows Profile 1...no other
>>>> option except to boot to last good config, etc. When I hit enter it
>>>> boots to XP.
>>>>
>>>> I need a CD ROM that will allow me to boot to DOS to run the various
>>>> fixmbr, fixboot commands, when trying to repair a PC that has a
>>>> corrupted hard drive.
>>>>
>>>> I must be too dense, the CDs have the ISO image, and I am booting to
>>>> the CD. TIA
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

Mark wrote:
>
> I'm burning a lot of worthless CDs trying to make one to boot to DOS (no
> floppy drive available).
>
> I've downloaded several programs to boot to DOS, unzipped them, and burned
> the iso to a CD. When I boot to the CD I get the Hardware Profile

ISOs cant be burned the same way as regular data. The easiest app. I've
found to do so is:

http://www.bootdisk.com/plan10/burncdcc.zip


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Thanks Plato, that'll work.


"Plato" <|@|.|> wrote in message
news:46739159$3$241$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Mark wrote:
>>
>> I'm burning a lot of worthless CDs trying to make one to boot to DOS (no
>> floppy drive available).
>>
>> I've downloaded several programs to boot to DOS, unzipped them, and
>> burned
>> the iso to a CD. When I boot to the CD I get the Hardware Profile
>
> ISOs cant be burned the same way as regular data. The easiest app. I've
> found to do so is:
>
> http://www.bootdisk.com/plan10/burncdcc.zip
>
>
> --
> http://www.bootdisk.com/
>
>

Mark wrote:
>
> Thanks Plato, that'll work.

You're welcome.

> >> I'm burning a lot of worthless CDs trying to make one to boot to DOS (no
> >> floppy drive available).
> >>
> >> I've downloaded several programs to boot to DOS, unzipped them, and
> >> burned
> >> the iso to a CD. When I boot to the CD I get the Hardware Profile
> >
> > ISOs cant be burned the same way as regular data. The easiest app. I've
> > found to do so is:
> >
> > http://www.bootdisk.com/plan10/burncdcc.zip



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