Bootable DVD from I386 folder Qs??

[nick]

I have burned a bootable DVD from the C:/I386 folder on
my PC.

It boots fine, asks ,e which partition to install in,
then tells me it can't find the DVD install image from
which I booted. And I can only Exit.

Somewhere in the files on the I386 disk image or in the
boot image file, there must be something that tells the
install program where to look.

Any way I can fix this??

nick

 

[David Webb]

I don't know why you used a DVD when a CD has more than enough capacity for this
task.

See this tutorial for details of the procedure:
http://www.howtohaven.com/system/createwindowssetupdisk.shtml

Good luck!

 

[chuck]

Mostly because the I386 folder has over 900Mb of files
while my CDs say 700Mb.

 

[David Webb]

Very strange. I know that Vista comes on a DVD but that's because it contains
all versions. My CD for WinXP Pro SP2 totals 624 MB. The I386 folder is 539 MB
of this total.

Sounds like your HDD folder may contain a lot more than is actually required.

 

[nick]

Very strange. I know that Vista comes on a DVD but that's because it contains
all versions. My CD for WinXP Pro SP2 totals 624 MB. The I386 folder is 539 MB
of this total.

Yeah, my friend's PC is a DELL (does that explain it?).