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Create XP disk?

A while back I ripped all of the files from my XP disk to my hard drive incase I lost my disk; and sure enough I did. So basically now I have all the files - the setup and a few folders with many folders in it. Now, I tried to burn to a CD, but when I start up my computer, it doesn't boot to the XP CD, just goes right to my hard drive, my BIOS is set to boot from CD first, so I have no idea why it's not working. Does anyone have any idea of how to fix it? Thanks.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    It doesn't work that way.That CD you burned is not bootable. You either have to directly make a copy of the CD itself or you can do an over the network installation using the i386 folder. That would require you to have a network and another PC though.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    http://www.theeldergeek.com/slipstreamed_xpsp1_cd....

    I used this guide a while back to create a slip streamed xp cd for my brother, worked like a charm.

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