Creating bootable SP2 full install CD from SP1 CD and SP2 update C

[Guest]

I created a SP2 CD by following the steps mentioned in the SP2 disc
deployment files. The disc was based on a HP Windows XP oem disc that came
with my laptop. The problem is I can't do clean installs from the SP2 disc as
I can't boot from it. I tried booting with the original SP1 disc and then
slipping in the SP2 disc at the first oppurtunity, but that didn't work.
Neither did booting using a floppy disk and running "[CD]:\I386\winnt" or
"[CD]:\I386\winnt32".

Is there any way to make a bootable SP2 disk? Or can I trade in my SP1 disc
for a SP2 disc at a nominal cost?

Thank You.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I created a SP2 CD by following the steps mentioned in the SP2 disc
deployment files. The disc was based on a HP Windows XP oem disc that
came with my laptop. The problem is I can't do clean installs from
the SP2 disc as I can't boot from it. I tried booting with the
original SP1 disc and then slipping in the SP2 disc at the first
oppurtunity, but that didn't work. Neither did booting using a floppy
disk and running "[CD]:\I386\winnt" or "[CD]:\I386\winnt32".

Is there any way to make a bootable SP2 disk? Or can I trade in my
SP1 disc for a SP2 disc at a nominal cost?

Find a copy of "AutoStreamer" on the web.
You need to MAKE the CD bootable when burning it. Barts Boot Image
Extractor can help with this if doing it manually.