MSDN copy of Windows XP not a bootable CD

[roger]

My MSDN Universal downloaded (*.iso) copy of Windows XP
when extracted using IsoBuster and burned to a CD is not
bootable. When I insert a purchased version of XP into
the CD-ROM of my test PC it boots fine and begins to
install Windows XP. When I insert the MSDN downloaded
copy of Windows XP nothing happens. I extracted the
(*.iso) into regular files, burned them to the CD, they
all look like the exact same files on my purchased
Windows XP CD. I even modified the PC BIOS to boot from
the CD-ROM first. The purchased version boots just fine,
the MSDN burned version is not bootable. Help??? Arrgh!!!

 

[Nicholas]

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| My MSDN Universal downloaded (*.iso) copy of Windows XP
| when extracted using IsoBuster and burned to a CD is not
| bootable. When I insert a purchased version of XP into
| the CD-ROM of my test PC it boots fine and begins to
| install Windows XP. When I insert the MSDN downloaded
| copy of Windows XP nothing happens. I extracted the
| (*.iso) into regular files, burned them to the CD, they
| all look like the exact same files on my purchased
| Windows XP CD. I even modified the PC BIOS to boot from
| the CD-ROM first. The purchased version boots just fine,
| the MSDN burned version is not bootable. Help??? Arrgh!!!

 

[Mike Brannigan [MSFT]]

Roger,

The ISO does produce a bootable image if you use a CD burning tool that can
burn from an ISO e.g. Nero EasyCD etc etc
If you use a product to just open up the ISO and then copy those files to a
CD then it will not be bootable. The ISO image contains more then just the
files, and when burned by an application that understands this, produces a
bootable CD.

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[Harry Ohrn]

Burn the ISO using an app that will enable this. XPs built in software can't
burn ISOs. This freeware app will burn ISO Images
http://w1.878.telia.com/~u87812405/

ISOBuster will extract the contents of the Image but not the boot files.

 

[Harry Ohrn]

correction you may wish to use the trialware version of Nero www.nero.com


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Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell\User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp

Burn the ISO using an app that will enable this. XPs built in software can't
burn ISOs. This freeware app will burn ISO Images
http://w1.878.telia.com/~u87812405/

ISOBuster will extract the contents of the Image but not the boot files.


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Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell\User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp

My MSDN Universal downloaded (*.iso) copy of Windows XP
when extracted using IsoBuster and burned to a CD is not
bootable. When I insert a purchased version of XP into
the CD-ROM of my test PC it boots fine and begins to
install Windows XP. When I insert the MSDN downloaded
copy of Windows XP nothing happens. I extracted the
(*.iso) into regular files, burned them to the CD, they
all look like the exact same files on my purchased
Windows XP CD. I even modified the PC BIOS to boot from
the CD-ROM first. The purchased version boots just fine,
the MSDN burned version is not bootable. Help??? Arrgh!!!