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General Category => Software => Topic started by: Roadkill on November 18, 2001, 03:47:14 PM

Title: Problems making bootable Win2k CD
Post by: Roadkill on November 18, 2001, 03:47:14 PM

I\'m trying to make a new bootable Win2k cd, slipstreaming SP2 into it. I copy the full original cd into a folder, slipstream the SP2 into it, all seems well. I burn in CDR-Win 4.0a, since the older versions doesn\'t seem to support my Teac 16x CDRW-drive, and follow all the instructions. However, when I try booting it, it just stops with a cursor in upper left corner... Any bright ideas as to why this happens?

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Roadkill

Title: Problems making bootable Win2k CD
Post by: sac6611 on November 18, 2001, 10:30:45 PM

buy a new cd writer ???? hjehehe

Title: Problems making bootable Win2k CD
Post by: Josetann on November 18, 2001, 10:40:37 PM

If only we knew.  Most people get the cd burned no problem.  But some get the NTLDR not found, or nothing at all.  There\'s another long thread here about possible causes, and solutions.

Title: Problems making bootable Win2k CD
Post by: meV on November 19, 2001, 10:39:02 PM

Hi RoadKill!!

Try to burn  using CDIMAGE... it is great
I had the same problem and I have NEVER succeded burning a functioning bootable CD using popular CD-R software.

Use VMware 3.0 Workstation to test your ISO before burning it.

I do this:
I extracted boot sector by using CDR-Win 4.0a
I Make an ISO using CDIMAGE
I Burn the CD using WinOnCD -I prefer it to Easy CD Creator


I hope this info would be  helpful

meV

Title: Problems making bootable Win2k CD
Post by: The_Flames on November 20, 2001, 07:45:18 AM

I prefer Virtual PC from http://www.connectix.com/ (http://\"http://www.connectix.com/\")
it\'s just a task of pointing to the iso and then start the machine, you can test any iso and instalation to see if it\'s good /smile.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':)\' />

Title: Problems making bootable Win2k CD
Post by: Anonymous on November 20, 2001, 10:25:47 PM

dose it work when you do that?

Title: Problems making bootable Win2k CD
Post by: MuffinAss on November 21, 2001, 05:39:39 AM

WinISO works great for these tasks as well.

Title: Problems making bootable Win2k CD
Post by: Roadkill on November 25, 2001, 01:00:02 PM

Argh... In order to troubleshoot my problem creating the cd, I took my original 2k-cd, copied the whole thing to d:2kstd and extracted the boot-sector using cdrwin 4.0a. Then I used CDImage with this syntax:
cdimage -lW2PIS_EN -t05/15/2001,12:00:00 -g -h -n -o -w1 -m -bd:boot.bin D:2kstd W2PIS_EN.iso

I didn\'t slipstream anything, didn\'t change anything, just plain copy and burn... And the bloody thing still won\'t boot! Frustrating as hell... I\'m using a Teac 516E IDE burner (16x10x40x), with TDK 10x certified CDRW-discs.

I\'ve tried burning the crap with Easy CD Creator 5.02b, CDRWin 4.0a (bypassing cdimage.exe) and Nero 5.5.5.1.

Can anyone help me out on this one? At a later point I\'ll retry slipstreaming SP2, and I\'ve made an unattended install script for IE6, so I thought I\'d put that baby in there too, but for now, I\'m having enough trouble just getting the thing to boot... It still just has the cursor hanging there, in upper left corner.

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Roadkill

Title: Problems making bootable Win2k CD
Post by: Twinkie on November 26, 2001, 07:26:50 PM

Out of curiosity,
Have you tried to boot off another machine.  I have that problem on one of my four computers but it had to do with the Adaptec SCSI card in it.  If it still does not work on another machine you may have a bad sector on the burner.  I have run into that problem with machines at work.  All you can do is check the warrenty at that point.

Twinkie_Cream

Title: Problems making bootable Win2k CD
Post by: meV 0 on November 26, 2001, 08:32:42 PM

Hi!

Have you tried to use ...
1. -d option
2. Ready-extracted boot files

Cool meV

Title: Problems making bootable Win2k CD
Post by: Roadkill on December 04, 2001, 04:10:32 AM

I finally got it running... Used another original cd as source. Noticed that the volume-name was different on the two cd\'s I use at work. Worked like a charm now. Thanks!

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Roadkill

Title: Problems making bootable Win2k CD
Post by: Anonymous on February 16, 2002, 11:49:50 AM

you can find out how to do it at nullsession.com...