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Hello:

 

I need to make a boot CD for Windows XP Media Center Edition.

I do not have the Windows operating system CD.

I looked for instructions on Microsoft.com and the instructions were

so long and convoluted I gave up.

Does anyone know of a simple way to make a boot CD?

Thanks in advance.

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Re: How to make a Windows boot CD

 

 

"Never" <bloggger@earthling.net> wrote in message

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> Hello:

>

> I need to make a boot CD for Windows XP Media Center Edition.

> I do not have the Windows operating system CD.

> I looked for instructions on Microsoft.com and the instructions were

> so long and convoluted I gave up.

> Does anyone know of a simple way to make a boot CD?

> Thanks in advance.

>

 

 

You really need to get a windows CD.

 

 

If you want a boot floppy ...in the case of a corrupted boot sector or

incorrectly edited boot.ini

 

 

that's easy

 

 

just format a floppy

 

then copy ntldr ntdetect.com and boot.ini to it

Guest Ken Blake, MVP
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Re: How to make a Windows boot CD

 

On Fri, 10 Aug 2007 00:31:15 -0000, Never <bloggger@earthling.net>

wrote:

> Hello:

>

> I need to make a boot CD for Windows XP Media Center Edition.

> I do not have the Windows operating system CD.

> I looked for instructions on Microsoft.com and the instructions were

> so long and convoluted I gave up.

> Does anyone know of a simple way to make a boot CD?

 

 

There probably is no way, simple or otherwise.

 

Either you already have a boot CD, or your computer came with the

installation files installed on a recovery partition, and you can make

a boot CD from that.

 

If neither of those is the case, you can *not* make a boot CD.

 

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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User

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Posted

Re: How to make a Windows boot CD

 

Try doing a google on Bart boot cd. It's been awhile since I made mine but

if I recall i needed to cd players to create it.

 

 

"philo" <philo@privacy.net> wrote in message

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> "Never" <bloggger@earthling.net> wrote in message

> news:1186705875.710527.291900@i13g2000prf.googlegroups.com...

>> Hello:

>>

>> I need to make a boot CD for Windows XP Media Center Edition.

>> I do not have the Windows operating system CD.

>> I looked for instructions on Microsoft.com and the instructions were

>> so long and convoluted I gave up.

>> Does anyone know of a simple way to make a boot CD?

>> Thanks in advance.

>>

>

>

> You really need to get a windows CD.

>

>

> If you want a boot floppy ...in the case of a corrupted boot sector or

> incorrectly edited boot.ini

>

>

> that's easy

>

>

> just format a floppy

>

> then copy ntldr ntdetect.com and boot.ini to it

>

>

Guest Doug Knox - [MS-MVP]
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Re: How to make a Windows boot CD

 

http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder for Bart's PE (but the web site appears to be down)

 

http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/ for Ultimate Boot CD

 

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"Never" <bloggger@earthling.net> wrote in message

news:1186705875.710527.291900@i13g2000prf.googlegroups.com...

> Hello:

>

> I need to make a boot CD for Windows XP Media Center Edition.

> I do not have the Windows operating system CD.

> I looked for instructions on Microsoft.com and the instructions were

> so long and convoluted I gave up.

> Does anyone know of a simple way to make a boot CD?

> Thanks in advance.

>

Guest Patrick Keenan
Posted

Re: How to make a Windows boot CD

 

"philo" <philo@privacy.net> wrote in message

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>

> "Never" <bloggger@earthling.net> wrote in message

> news:1186705875.710527.291900@i13g2000prf.googlegroups.com...

>> Hello:

>>

>> I need to make a boot CD for Windows XP Media Center Edition.

>> I do not have the Windows operating system CD.

>> I looked for instructions on Microsoft.com and the instructions were

>> so long and convoluted I gave up.

>> Does anyone know of a simple way to make a boot CD?

>> Thanks in advance.

>>

>

>

> You really need to get a windows CD.

>

>

> If you want a boot floppy ...in the case of a corrupted boot sector or

> incorrectly edited boot.ini

>

>

> that's easy

>

>

> just format a floppy

>

> then copy ntldr ntdetect.com and boot.ini to it

 

Not sure that approach will either produce a bootable floppy or allow access

to NTFS volumes.

 

HTH

-pk

Posted

Re: How to make a Windows boot CD

 

You might find something of use here:-

http://www.bootdisk.com/

e.g. http://www.bootdisk.com/popfiles.htm tho' here, you would have to pay

$4

 

A while time ago I made some FAT32 boot-cd's, (which is of course no good

for doing anything with NTFS partitions), using NERO to create bootable

cd-r's - Nero "reads in" a bootable floppy such as W98's bootable floppy.

....and I also put a 3rd part NTSF emulator, on a bootable W98se cd-r to

gain access to a NTSF partition, ...all fun but, prone to problems.

 

Bart's PE builder bootable cd, always looked wonderful but, I never got very

far with it ! ...it was very good at destroying things if you don't know

what you're doing, (and I didn't!),

 

....mmm ...seeing as I now have my old gorgeous faithful oldXP2600 is

relegated to just sitting there, off to one side, looking beautiful, I could

practice with all that stuff again !

 

regards, Richard

 

 

"Never" <bloggger@earthling.net> wrote in message

news:1186705875.710527.291900@i13g2000prf.googlegroups.com...

> Hello:

>

> I need to make a boot CD for Windows XP Media Center Edition.

> I do not have the Windows operating system CD.

> I looked for instructions on Microsoft.com and the instructions were

> so long and convoluted I gave up.

> Does anyone know of a simple way to make a boot CD?

> Thanks in advance.

>

Posted

Re: How to make a Windows boot CD

 

On Aug 9, 8:35 pm, "philo" <ph...@privacy.net> wrote:

> "Never" <blogg...@earthling.net> wrote in message

>

> news:1186705875.710527.291900@i13g2000prf.googlegroups.com...

>

> > Hello:

>

> > I need to make a boot CD for Windows XP Media Center Edition.

> > I do not have the Windows operating system CD.

> > I looked for instructions on Microsoft.com and the instructions were

> > so long and convoluted I gave up.

> > Does anyone know of a simple way to make a boot CD?

> > Thanks in advance.

>

> You really need to get a windows CD.

 

The computer was a display model at a discount. I asked for the

Windows CD and they said they couldn't find it. The store is now out

of business. The computer does not have a floppy drive.

> If you want a boot floppy ...in the case of a corrupted boot sector or

> incorrectly edited boot.ini

> that's easy

> just format a floppy

> then copy ntldr ntdetect.com and boot.ini to it

Guest Nightowl
Posted

Re: How to make a Windows boot CD

 

Never <bloggger@earthling.net> wrote on Fri, 10 Aug 2007:

>The computer was a display model at a discount. I asked for the

>Windows CD and they said they couldn't find it. The store is now out

>of business. The computer does not have a floppy drive.

 

Hi Never

 

I've a friend who got a bargain ex-display system pre-loaded with Media

Center. She had a recovery partition with the installation files, as Ken

Blake mentioned, and a "wizard" to make a boot/recovery DVD or CD set

from that. It might be worth having a poke around to see if you have an

entry for that in Start Menu | Programs or a desktop shortcut.

 

Otherwise you could try Ken's suggestion of Ultimate Boot CD. The

original version has a command line interface and can be downloaded as

an .iso . Or a bootable Linux distro such as Knoppix.

 

For Bart's PE and Ultimate Boot CD for Windows you do need an XP CD to

"build" from. However if you're interested in UBCD4Win, email me and

we'll work something out :-)

 

--

Nightowl

Guest Paul Randall
Posted

Re: How to make a Windows boot CD

 

 

"Never" <bloggger@earthling.net> wrote in message

news:1186705875.710527.291900@i13g2000prf.googlegroups.com...

> Hello:

>

> I need to make a boot CD for Windows XP Media Center Edition.

> I do not have the Windows operating system CD.

> I looked for instructions on Microsoft.com and the instructions were

> so long and convoluted I gave up.

> Does anyone know of a simple way to make a boot CD?

> Thanks in advance.

 

Assuming that the computer had a legal license for Windows XP Media Center

Edition, and that the sticker associated with that license is attached to

the computer, you should be able to order a replacement CD from the

computer's manufacturer. One other thing you could try is find someone with

a similar Windows XP Media Center Edition, and copy it for use with your

key.

 

-Paul Randall

Guest Paul Knudsen
Posted

Re: How to make a Windows boot CD

 

On Fri, 10 Aug 2007 10:20:13 -0000, Never <bloggger@earthling.net>

wrote:

>The computer was a display model at a discount. I asked for the

>Windows CD and they said they couldn't find it. The store is now out

>of business. The computer does not have a floppy drive.

 

Got what you paid for, eh? I'd suggest just buying a CD on Ebay, but

since you're cheap, download a Linux ap.

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