Can I burn the i386 folder to a bootable CD and use to install/recover an XP system ?

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Al Dykes

I have a laptop that came with XP. It shipped with "reinstallation
CDs", not EOM xp distribution CDs. I knew this when I bought it, and
I prefer retail media for business-critical systems for this reason,
and others.

I can burn "bootable" CDs. If I extract the \i386 folder from
the recovery CDs and burn a bootable CD, can I use it by
booting, and running winnt32 ? These bootable are of course
some 16 bit dos system.

If I boot this way will it offer to attempt to repair
a system ?
 
The creation of the bootable XP CD is one sweet job.
I have nostalgic memories about the "FORMAT A:_/s" command ;-)
Here is the answer of your question Al:
http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?id=160&object=article.cfm
And be careful in the section when you deploy SP1a.
But I think you are confused from the label "reinstallation" on the CD
shipped with your laptop. This "reinstallation" CD is bootable and the only
difference from retail CD is the disk label. At least the "recovery" CDs
shipped with Siemens-Fujitsu laptops are bootable.

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| I have a laptop that came with XP. It shipped with "reinstallation
| CDs", not EOM xp distribution CDs. I knew this when I bought it, and
| I prefer retail media for business-critical systems for this reason,
| and others.
|
| I can burn "bootable" CDs. If I extract the \i386 folder from
| the recovery CDs and burn a bootable CD, can I use it by
| booting, and running winnt32 ? These bootable are of course
| some 16 bit dos system.
|
| If I boot this way will it offer to attempt to repair
| a system ?
| |
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| Al Dykes
| -----------
| (e-mail address removed)
 
The creation of the bootable XP CD is one sweet job.
I have nostalgic memories about the "FORMAT A:_/s" command ;-)
Here is the answer of your question Al:
http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?id=160&object=article.cfm
And be careful in the section when you deploy SP1a.
But I think you are confused from the label "reinstallation" on the CD
shipped with your laptop. This "reinstallation" CD is bootable and the only
difference from retail CD is the disk label. At least the "recovery" CDs
shipped with Siemens-Fujitsu laptops are bootable.
Click to expand...

This COMPAQ laptop came with CDs that will only reimage the disk
as it came from the factory.

Been There, Done That, Confirmed WIth Tech Support.

Actually I always ask this before I buy systems and for any critical
system I insist on having retail media, just so I know how my system
is put together.

Thanks for the bootable CD URL.
 
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