Will XP Pro boot disk work on XP Home system?

[SilverGhost]

I'm trying to help someone long distance. She has an XP Home system that
won't boot into XP. I suspect a failed HDD. She can see system info at
bootup, but can't go beyond the Windows splash screen. She can make a
bootable CD (but not a FDD) on her XP Professional system at work to use with
a DOS-based HDD diagnostic program. Can anyone tell me if a bootable CD
created on a Pro system will work on her Home system?

Thanks.

 

[Malke]

I'm trying to help someone long distance. She has an XP Home system that
won't boot into XP. I suspect a failed HDD. She can see system info at
bootup, but can't go beyond the Windows splash screen. She can make a
bootable CD (but not a FDD) on her XP Professional system at work to use
with a DOS-based HDD diagnostic program. Can anyone tell me if a bootable
CD created on a Pro system will work on her Home system?

If you're talking about making a Bart's PE, yes. If you're talking about
doing a repair/reinstall of an XP Home system with an XP Pro disk, no.

Malke

 

[jameshanley39]

I'm trying to help someone long distance. She has an XP Home system that
won't boot into XP. I suspect a failed HDD. She can see system info at
bootup, but can't go beyond the Windows splash screen. She can make a
bootable CD (but not a FDD) on her XP Professional system at work to use with
a DOS-based HDD diagnostic program. Can anyone tell me if a bootable CD
created on a Pro system will work on her Home system?

Thanks.

That type of bootable CD you refer to is one that goes to DOS, will
work fine.
It is called A DOS or Win9X bootable disk or cd.

Doesn't matter who or what created it.

An alternative to the dos bootable cd, is BartPE. But your idea is
fine

What most people would do though.. the HDD checking they would run is
chkdsk /r, and the thing to consider would be repair installation.

Why don't you say the name of the HDD checking program she is using?

It might be useful to some people.

On a related note-
What won't do though, is a Windows XP Home Installation CD, cannot do
a repair installation on a Windows XP Pro system. And Vice Versa.
Infact, people slipstream their CDs, which incorporates service packs,
because the CD has to match the service packs installed in windows.
I have done a repair installation with an SP1 CD on an SP2 system, it
did work though had some minor issues.. and symptoms.
like help..about in IE said sp1. But start..run..msinfo32 said sp2.
and I had some trouble getting the windows firewall started.

An installation of Win XP Home, on a Win XP Pro system, will of course
work i'm sure.. Because Win NT installations don't install over
existing ones. They remove windows the previous installation, or
install another one and dual/multi boot.

 

[DL]

If you suspect the hd, most HD manufacturers have a utility the download of
which will create a bootable floppy or cd

 

[SilverGhost]

That type of bootable CD you refer to is one that goes to DOS, will
work fine.
It is called A DOS or Win9X bootable disk or cd.

Doesn't matter who or what created it.

That's exactly what I need to know.

An alternative to the dos bootable cd, is BartPE. But your idea is
fine
Why don't you say the name of the HDD checking program she is using?

It might be useful to some people.

I / she will be using SeaTools, Seagate's disk utility, since it's a Seagate
HDD.

Thanks for the advice.

 

[SilverGhost]

If you suspect the hd, most HD manufacturers have a utility the download of
which will create a bootable floppy or cd

That is my objective - to use SeaTools, Seagate's disk utility. Just trying
to determine if "that" CD could be created on an XP Pro system for use in an
XP Home system. jameshanley39 answered in the affirmative.

Thanks.

 

[jameshanley39]

That is my objective - to use SeaTools, Seagate's disk utility. Just trying
to determine if "that" CD could be created on an XP Pro system for use in an
XP Home system.jameshanley39answered in the affirmative.

Thanks.

HOME/PRO is irrelevant.

You are browsing around the Windows XP interface, trying to make a DOS
Boot disk.

A bootable floppy disk is the easiest route..
bootable cd, is a bit more involved.

To create a bootable floppy in Windows XP,
http://www.petri.co.il/create_dos_boot_floppy_disk_in_windows_xp.htm
My Computer.........Right Click A......Format.....
Check the box "Create an ms-dos startup disk"
OK
You can then copy your programs to the disk There should be enough
space. Because a dos boot disk made that way has pretty much the
minimum necessary files for it to be a dos boot disk.

or
www.bootdisk.com and Download an EXE which when run, creates a
windows 98 boot disk. (A so-called Windows 98 boot disk is a DOS 7
boot disk, so is fine)
http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm

A bootable CD - Tricker. Many websites about it. I have a version of
Nero before it went bloated. Nero v6. It contains "Nero" and "Nero
Express", the latter is slightly easier. Nero involves linking it to
an image of a floppy boot disk. Nero Express lets you put the floppy
disk in there and it derives it.
There may be easier ways now.

Aside from making it. It's about time somebody put on the web, an ISO
of a bootable dos cd. So if you do make the thing, or if anybody
already has one, then just extract the ISO with a prog like MagicISO.
And put it on www.megaupload.com
It's a small ISO but megaupload is relatively reliable, moreso than
2shared, where some peoples' old links to files, were lost.