i am trying to create a new windows xp installation CD for my notebook PC
just in case i need to reimage it. i am not making a dirrect copy of it
though. the new windows installation CD will have special drivers and
updates on it on it so that i will not need multiple restore CDs for it. the
only thing i would like to now is, how do i make the disc bootable so that
it will work like a normal windows installation CD when the PC is booted.
can someone please help me with this?

Steven Wabik wrote:
> i am trying to create a new windows xp installation CD for my
> notebook PC just in case i need to reimage it. i am not making a
> dirrect copy of it though. the new windows installation CD will
> have special drivers and updates on it on it so that i will not
> need multiple restore CDs for it. the only thing i would like to
> now is, how do i make the disc bootable so that it will work like a
> normal windows installation CD when the PC is booted. can someone
> please help me with this?

Wanting to add stuff and make a new CD?
Do it right...

http://unattended.msfn.org/


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MS-MVP
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How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

well thanks. i hope it works. i only want to add like 6 or 7 updates to the
install though. i'll tell you if it works for me.

"Shenan Stanley" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Steven Wabik wrote:
>> i am trying to create a new windows xp installation CD for my
>> notebook PC just in case i need to reimage it. i am not making a
>> dirrect copy of it though. the new windows installation CD will
>> have special drivers and updates on it on it so that i will not
>> need multiple restore CDs for it. the only thing i would like to
>> now is, how do i make the disc bootable so that it will work like a
>> normal windows installation CD when the PC is booted. can someone
>> please help me with this?
>
> Wanting to add stuff and make a new CD?
> Do it right...
>
> http://unattended.msfn.org/
>
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
> --
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>

Hello, Shenan!
You wrote on Fri, 19 Jan 2007 16:42:35 -0600:

SS> Steven Wabik wrote:
??>> i am trying to create a new windows xp installation CD for
??>> my notebook PC just in case i need to reimage it. i am not
??>> making a dirrect copy of it though. the new windows
??>> installation CD will have special drivers and updates on
??>> it on it so that i will not need multiple restore CDs for
??>> it. the only thing i would like to now is, how do i make
??>> the disc bootable so that it will work like a normal
??>> windows installation CD when the PC is booted. can someone
??>> please help me with this?

SS> Wanting to add stuff and make a new CD?
SS> Do it right...

SS> http://unattended.msfn.org/

Perhaps I am being obtuse but how do you make any of the CDs
bootable? Is the MBR installed at some point that I have missed?

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.comcast.not

"James Silverton" <(E-Mail Removed)> a écrit dans le message de
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> Hello, Shenan!
> You wrote on Fri, 19 Jan 2007 16:42:35 -0600:
>
> SS> Steven Wabik wrote:
> ??>> i am trying to create a new windows xp installation CD for
> ??>> my notebook PC just in case i need to reimage it. i am not
> ??>> making a dirrect copy of it though. the new windows
> ??>> installation CD will have special drivers and updates on
> ??>> it on it so that i will not need multiple restore CDs for
> ??>> it. the only thing i would like to now is, how do i make
> ??>> the disc bootable so that it will work like a normal
> ??>> windows installation CD when the PC is booted. can someone
> ??>> please help me with this?
>
> SS> Wanting to add stuff and make a new CD?
> SS> Do it right...
>
> SS> http://unattended.msfn.org/
>
> Perhaps I am being obtuse but how do you make any of the CDs bootable? Is
> the MBR installed at some point that I have missed?

Create an ISO image with Ultraiso or similar program.

You can then add or delete any file from it - and therefore replace
the *.sif or *.txt files so that they will be recognized.

The CD will be bootable, as was the original MS CD.
>
> James Silverton
> Potomac, Maryland
>
> E-mail, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.comcast.not

"James Silverton" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hello, Shenan!
> You wrote on Fri, 19 Jan 2007 16:42:35 -0600:
>
> SS> Steven Wabik wrote:
> ??>> i am trying to create a new windows xp installation CD for
> ??>> my notebook PC just in case i need to reimage it. i am not
> ??>> making a dirrect copy of it though. the new windows
> ??>> installation CD will have special drivers and updates on
> ??>> it on it so that i will not need multiple restore CDs for
> ??>> it. the only thing i would like to now is, how do i make
> ??>> the disc bootable so that it will work like a normal
> ??>> windows installation CD when the PC is booted. can someone
> ??>> please help me with this?
>
> SS> Wanting to add stuff and make a new CD?
> SS> Do it right...
>
> SS> http://unattended.msfn.org/
>
> Perhaps I am being obtuse but how do you make any of the CDs bootable? Is
> the MBR installed at some point that I have missed?
>
> James Silverton

Google is your friend:
http://www.nu2.nu/bootcd/
http://old.bink.nu/xpbootcd/
http://www.pcsupportadvisor.com/boot...20CD_page1.htm

the link with the instructions for how to make the new installation bootable
CD worked. i did some of the basics like adding drivers to it and adding
extra files for other stuff, but now i just need help adding other stuff.
now i want to add hp updates to the installation so that they will be
integrated, but i'm not really sure how to do that.
"Shenan Stanley" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Steven Wabik wrote:
>> i am trying to create a new windows xp installation CD for my
>> notebook PC just in case i need to reimage it. i am not making a
>> dirrect copy of it though. the new windows installation CD will
>> have special drivers and updates on it on it so that i will not
>> need multiple restore CDs for it. the only thing i would like to
>> now is, how do i make the disc bootable so that it will work like a
>> normal windows installation CD when the PC is booted. can someone
>> please help me with this?
>
> Wanting to add stuff and make a new CD?
> Do it right...
>
> http://unattended.msfn.org/
>
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
> --
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>

Hello, BR549!
You wrote on Fri, 19 Jan 2007 18:15:06 -0500:

B> "James Silverton" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
B> message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
??>> Hello, Shenan!
??>> You wrote on Fri, 19 Jan 2007 16:42:35 -0600:
??>>
SS>>> Steven Wabik wrote:
??>>>> i am trying to create a new windows xp installation CD
??>>>> for my notebook PC just in case i need to reimage it. i
??>>>> am not making a dirrect copy of it though. the new
??>>>> windows installation CD will have special drivers and
??>>>> updates on it on it so that i will not need multiple
??>>>> restore CDs for it. the only thing i would like to now
??>>>> is, how do i make the disc bootable so that it will work
??>>>> like a normal windows installation CD when the PC is
??>>>> booted. can someone please help me with this?
??>>
SS>>> Wanting to add stuff and make a new CD?
SS>>> Do it right...
??>>
SS>>> http://unattended.msfn.org/
??>>
??>> Perhaps I am being obtuse but how do you make any of the
??>> CDs bootable? Is the MBR installed at some point that I
??>> have missed?

Thanks everyone for the replies. I think I have got things
straight now but I would be grateful for comments and correction
of any of my errors. I've never really wanted to get into the
gritty details of Windows and booting a PC :-)

1. I made a "Disaster Recovery iso image" on my hard disc using
my Retrospect backup program and I wanted to use this as a
bootable CD. The "iso image" is a PC file with the extension
..iso.

2. The "iso image" is in a compressed, or possibly condensed,
format that needs to be expanded when being written (is the
accepted term "burn"?) to a CD-R.

3. Thus it is necessary to use something like Nero to make the
CD not the Windows XP "Send To" command that is suitable for
copying files like JPEGs to a CD.

4. The resulting CD-R should be bootable if the BIOS sequence is
set to check CDs before the hard disc.

I followed the above notions and the CD made by Nero Express did
appear to attempt to boot tho' I did not "Press Any Key" since I
did not want to actually start the process of restoring the
hard disc.


James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.comcast.not