Bootable CD disk does not work in DVD drive

[Guest Jack]

Hello,

Many years ago I created a bootable CD which pretends to be A:\

drive at the bootup (it boots to A:\ prompt).

It was working great for all these years.

Now, I have a new computer with DVD drive (DVD +/-RW / CD-R/W) in it and my

CD is completely ignored at bootup.

I wonder what can be the reason. Other CD bootable disks (vide Windows

installation disk) work OK.

Jack

[Guest Don Schmidt]

Re: Bootable CD disk does not work in DVD drive

 

Give this a try:

 

To make a CD auto run, make a file in the root called

Autorun.inf To make one, open notepad and enter these

lines replace setup.exe with the file you wish to autorun):

 

[autorun]

Open=Setup.exe

 

 

Save it as autorun, notepad will add the extension .txt,

just rename the file to Autorun.INF and drop it into the

root when burning the CD. To see examples of this file,

just grab any CD that you know autorun's, and explore the

root, find the autorun.inf file and open it with notepad

to view the contents.

 

 

--

Don

Vancouver, USA

 

 

"Jack" <replyto@it> wrote in message

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> Hello,

> Many years ago I created a bootable CD which pretends to be A:\

> drive at the bootup (it boots to A:\ prompt).

> It was working great for all these years.

> Now, I have a new computer with DVD drive (DVD +/-RW / CD-R/W) in it and

> my CD is completely ignored at bootup.

> I wonder what can be the reason. Other CD bootable disks (vide Windows

> installation disk) work OK.

> Jack

>

[Guest smlunatick]

Re: Bootable CD disk does not work in DVD drive

 

On Feb 28, 1:34 pm, "Don Schmidt" <Don Engin...@PNB.Retired_1987>

wrote:

> Give this a try:

>

> To make a CD auto run, make a file in the root called

> Autorun.inf To make one, open notepad and enter these

> lines replace setup.exe with the file you wish to autorun):

>

> [autorun]

> Open=Setup.exe

>

> Save it as autorun, notepad will add the extension .txt,

> just rename the file to Autorun.INF and drop it into the

> root when burning the CD. To see examples of this file,

> just grab any CD that you know autorun's, and explore the

> root, find the autorun.inf file and open it with notepad

> to view the contents.

>

> --

> Don

> Vancouver, USA

>

> "Jack" <replyto@it> wrote in message

>

> news:u$dg5JjeIHA.4140@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>

>

>

> > Hello,

> >            Many years ago I created a bootable CD which pretends to be A:\

> > drive at the bootup (it boots to A:\ prompt).

> > It was working great for all these years.

> > Now, I have a new computer with DVD drive (DVD +/-RW / CD-R/W) in it and

> > my CD is completely ignored at bootup.

> > I wonder what can be the reason. Other CD bootable disks (vide Windows

> > installation disk) work OK.

> > Jack- Hide quoted text -

>

> - Show quoted text -

 

A bootable CD is different to an AutoRun CD. The OP is looking for a

bootable CD fix for the DVD boot failure

[Guest Jack]

Re: Bootable CD disk does not work in DVD drive

 

That is valid for the Windows environment I suppose.

I am talking about initial stage of booting computer.

Jack

 

"Don Schmidt" <Don Engineer@PNB.Retired_1987> wrote in message

news:13sdvma8a0pi221@corp.supernews.com...

> Give this a try:

>

> To make a CD auto run, make a file in the root called

> Autorun.inf To make one, open notepad and enter these

> lines replace setup.exe with the file you wish to autorun):

>

> [autorun]

> Open=Setup.exe

>

>

> Save it as autorun, notepad will add the extension .txt,

> just rename the file to Autorun.INF and drop it into the

> root when burning the CD. To see examples of this file,

> just grab any CD that you know autorun's, and explore the

> root, find the autorun.inf file and open it with notepad

> to view the contents.

>

>

> --

> Don

> Vancouver, USA

>

>

> "Jack" <replyto@it> wrote in message

> news:u$dg5JjeIHA.4140@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>> Hello,

>> Many years ago I created a bootable CD which pretends to be

>> A:\ drive at the bootup (it boots to A:\ prompt).

>> It was working great for all these years.

>> Now, I have a new computer with DVD drive (DVD +/-RW / CD-R/W) in it and

>> my CD is completely ignored at bootup.

>> I wonder what can be the reason. Other CD bootable disks (vide Windows

>> installation disk) work OK.

>> Jack

>>

>

>

[Guest PD43]

Re: Bootable CD disk does not work in DVD drive

 

"Jack" <replyto@it> wrote:

> Many years ago I created a bootable CD which pretends to be A:\

>drive at the bootup (it boots to A:\ prompt).

>It was working great for all these years.

>Now, I have a new computer with DVD drive (DVD +/-RW / CD-R/W) in it and my

>CD is completely ignored at bootup.

 

Your BIOS probably doesn't have that drive selected as the FIRST boot

drive to check.

 

Enter the BIOS and make sure to have your system check the DVD drive,

then check your hard drive.

[Guest PD43]

Re: Bootable CD disk does not work in DVD drive

 

"Jack" <replyto@it> wrote:

>I wonder what can be the reason. Other CD bootable disks (vide Windows

>installation disk) work OK.

 

I didn't read/comprehend this line... it has to be something with the

disc itself.

[Guest Dave Cohen]

Re: Bootable CD disk does not work in DVD drive

 

Jack wrote:

> Hello,

> Many years ago I created a bootable CD which pretends to be A:\

> drive at the bootup (it boots to A:\ prompt).

> It was working great for all these years.

> Now, I have a new computer with DVD drive (DVD +/-RW / CD-R/W) in it and my

> CD is completely ignored at bootup.

> I wonder what can be the reason. Other CD bootable disks (vide Windows

> installation disk) work OK.

> Jack

>

>

Don't know, but the 'many years ago' part could possibly be a problem.

Try a new burn if you still have the creation software else extract

current cd to .iso then reburn. Can't do any harm.

Dave Cohen

[Guest R. McCarty]

Re: Bootable CD disk does not work in DVD drive

 

If it completely ignores it then the boot sequence is set so that the

optical drive is not scanned prior to the hard drive(s). Even with

the sequence set correctly it's doubtful the CD-ROM will boot.

It probably uses drivers that are IDE based and the new PC will

likely have SATA so the CD-ROM won't completely boot and

fail on detecting the DOS level optical driver. There is a driver to

load SATA at a DOS level but requires a lot of work and use of

command qualifiers to get it to work.

 

"Dave Cohen" <user@example.net> wrote in message

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> Jack wrote:

>> Hello,

>> Many years ago I created a bootable CD which pretends to be

>> A:\ drive at the bootup (it boots to A:\ prompt).

>> It was working great for all these years.

>> Now, I have a new computer with DVD drive (DVD +/-RW / CD-R/W) in it and

>> my CD is completely ignored at bootup.

>> I wonder what can be the reason. Other CD bootable disks (vide Windows

>> installation disk) work OK.

>> Jack

> Don't know, but the 'many years ago' part could possibly be a problem. Try

> a new burn if you still have the creation software else extract current cd

> to .iso then reburn. Can't do any harm.

> Dave Cohen

[Guest Jack]

Re: Bootable CD disk does not work in DVD drive

 

It still works on the computers with CDROM drives!

Jack

 

"Dave Cohen" <user@example.net> wrote in message

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> Jack wrote:

>> Hello,

>> Many years ago I created a bootable CD which pretends to be

>> A:\ drive at the bootup (it boots to A:\ prompt).

>> It was working great for all these years.

>> Now, I have a new computer with DVD drive (DVD +/-RW / CD-R/W) in it and

>> my CD is completely ignored at bootup.

>> I wonder what can be the reason. Other CD bootable disks (vide Windows

>> installation disk) work OK.

>> Jack

> Don't know, but the 'many years ago' part could possibly be a problem. Try

> a new burn if you still have the creation software else extract current cd

> to .iso then reburn. Can't do any harm.

> Dave Cohen

[Guest Jack]

Re: Bootable CD disk does not work in DVD drive

 

Thank you.

Your explanation makes sense to me.

What about if I burn the same bootable image on the new disk using that

drive?

Will that solve that problem?

Should I use CD ROM or DVD disk?

Thanks,

Jack

 

"R. McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSpam_@mindspring.com> wrote in message

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> If it completely ignores it then the boot sequence is set so that the

> optical drive is not scanned prior to the hard drive(s). Even with

> the sequence set correctly it's doubtful the CD-ROM will boot.

> It probably uses drivers that are IDE based and the new PC will

> likely have SATA so the CD-ROM won't completely boot and

> fail on detecting the DOS level optical driver. There is a driver to

> load SATA at a DOS level but requires a lot of work and use of

> command qualifiers to get it to work.

>

> "Dave Cohen" <user@example.net> wrote in message

> news:x_Dxj.2726$CD4.1817@trndny02...

>> Jack wrote:

>>> Hello,

>>> Many years ago I created a bootable CD which pretends to be

>>> A:\ drive at the bootup (it boots to A:\ prompt).

>>> It was working great for all these years.

>>> Now, I have a new computer with DVD drive (DVD +/-RW / CD-R/W) in it and

>>> my CD is completely ignored at bootup.

>>> I wonder what can be the reason. Other CD bootable disks (vide Windows

>>> installation disk) work OK.

>>> Jack

>> Don't know, but the 'many years ago' part could possibly be a problem.

>> Try a new burn if you still have the creation software else extract

>> current cd to .iso then reburn. Can't do any harm.

>> Dave Cohen

>

>

[Guest R. McCarty]

Re: Bootable CD disk does not work in DVD drive

 

The image would still contain DOS mode drivers specifically written

for a IDE controller ( Parallel ATA ). Those drivers won't work on

a machine where the Optical drive is SATA based. ( I'm assuming

your Optical is SATA, not PATA ).

 

Disk type isn't important, either would work but using a DVD-R is

wasteful since the original CD was large enough.

 

I've built a Real Mode SATA based optical disk, but the drivers are

very chipset specific. My bootable disk is built for an Intel ICH8 for

a 965 based chipset. The driver name is GCDRom.Sys. You'll find

the driver on the web, but configuring it is anything but easy.

 

"Jack" <replyto@it> wrote in message

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> Thank you.

> Your explanation makes sense to me.

> What about if I burn the same bootable image on the new disk using that

> drive?

> Will that solve that problem?

> Should I use CD ROM or DVD disk?

> Thanks,

> Jack

>

> "R. McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSpam_@mindspring.com> wrote in message

> news:ejQUSMkeIHA.4312@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>> If it completely ignores it then the boot sequence is set so that the

>> optical drive is not scanned prior to the hard drive(s). Even with

>> the sequence set correctly it's doubtful the CD-ROM will boot.

>> It probably uses drivers that are IDE based and the new PC will

>> likely have SATA so the CD-ROM won't completely boot and

>> fail on detecting the DOS level optical driver. There is a driver to

>> load SATA at a DOS level but requires a lot of work and use of

>> command qualifiers to get it to work.

>>

>> "Dave Cohen" <user@example.net> wrote in message

>> news:x_Dxj.2726$CD4.1817@trndny02...

>>> Jack wrote:

>>>> Hello,

>>>> Many years ago I created a bootable CD which pretends to be

>>>> A:\ drive at the bootup (it boots to A:\ prompt).

>>>> It was working great for all these years.

>>>> Now, I have a new computer with DVD drive (DVD +/-RW / CD-R/W) in it

>>>> and my CD is completely ignored at bootup.

>>>> I wonder what can be the reason. Other CD bootable disks (vide Windows

>>>> installation disk) work OK.

>>>> Jack

>>> Don't know, but the 'many years ago' part could possibly be a problem.

>>> Try a new burn if you still have the creation software else extract

>>> current cd to .iso then reburn. Can't do any harm.

>>> Dave Cohen

>>

>>

>

>

[Guest Jack]

Re: Bootable CD disk does not work in DVD drive

 

Thanks a lot.

That will be the new challenge for me. As more difficult it looks then I

feel more motivated to do it.

Jack

 

"R. McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSpam_@mindspring.com> wrote in message

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> The image would still contain DOS mode drivers specifically written

> for a IDE controller ( Parallel ATA ). Those drivers won't work on

> a machine where the Optical drive is SATA based. ( I'm assuming

> your Optical is SATA, not PATA ).

>

> Disk type isn't important, either would work but using a DVD-R is

> wasteful since the original CD was large enough.

>

> I've built a Real Mode SATA based optical disk, but the drivers are

> very chipset specific. My bootable disk is built for an Intel ICH8 for

> a 965 based chipset. The driver name is GCDRom.Sys. You'll find

> the driver on the web, but configuring it is anything but easy.

>

> "Jack" <replyto@it> wrote in message

> news:%230XVGfkeIHA.1204@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>> Thank you.

>> Your explanation makes sense to me.

>> What about if I burn the same bootable image on the new disk using that

>> drive?

>> Will that solve that problem?

>> Should I use CD ROM or DVD disk?

>> Thanks,

>> Jack

>>

>> "R. McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSpam_@mindspring.com> wrote in message

>> news:ejQUSMkeIHA.4312@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>>> If it completely ignores it then the boot sequence is set so that the

>>> optical drive is not scanned prior to the hard drive(s). Even with

>>> the sequence set correctly it's doubtful the CD-ROM will boot.

>>> It probably uses drivers that are IDE based and the new PC will

>>> likely have SATA so the CD-ROM won't completely boot and

>>> fail on detecting the DOS level optical driver. There is a driver to

>>> load SATA at a DOS level but requires a lot of work and use of

>>> command qualifiers to get it to work.

>>>

>>> "Dave Cohen" <user@example.net> wrote in message

>>> news:x_Dxj.2726$CD4.1817@trndny02...

>>>> Jack wrote:

>>>>> Hello,

>>>>> Many years ago I created a bootable CD which pretends to

>>>>> be A:\ drive at the bootup (it boots to A:\ prompt).

>>>>> It was working great for all these years.

>>>>> Now, I have a new computer with DVD drive (DVD +/-RW / CD-R/W) in it

>>>>> and my CD is completely ignored at bootup.

>>>>> I wonder what can be the reason. Other CD bootable disks (vide Windows

>>>>> installation disk) work OK.

>>>>> Jack

>>>> Don't know, but the 'many years ago' part could possibly be a problem.

>>>> Try a new burn if you still have the creation software else extract

>>>> current cd to .iso then reburn. Can't do any harm.

>>>> Dave Cohen

>>>

>>>

>>

>>

>

>

[Guest Jack]

Re: Bootable CD disk does not work in DVD drive

 

The only thing I do not understand is that the DVD drive is IDE drive.

Fact, my hard drive is SATA but booting from removable media should not

involve the harddrive regardless the type it is.

Jack

 

"Jack" <replyto@it> wrote in message

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> It still works on the computers with CDROM drives!

> Jack

>

> "Dave Cohen" <user@example.net> wrote in message

> news:x_Dxj.2726$CD4.1817@trndny02...

>> Jack wrote:

>>> Hello,

>>> Many years ago I created a bootable CD which pretends to be

>>> A:\ drive at the bootup (it boots to A:\ prompt).

>>> It was working great for all these years.

>>> Now, I have a new computer with DVD drive (DVD +/-RW / CD-R/W) in it and

>>> my CD is completely ignored at bootup.

>>> I wonder what can be the reason. Other CD bootable disks (vide Windows

>>> installation disk) work OK.

>>> Jack

>> Don't know, but the 'many years ago' part could possibly be a problem.

>> Try a new burn if you still have the creation software else extract

>> current cd to .iso then reburn. Can't do any harm.

>> Dave Cohen

>

>