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Create Windows 2000 Pro Boot CD

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Name: orangutang
Date: March 29, 2006 at 20:23:55 Pacific
Subject: Create Windows 2000 Pro Boot CD
OS: Windows XP SP2
CPU/Ram: 1024 MB/3.4 GHZ
Model/Manufacturer: DELL
Comment:

How do I create a Windows 2000 Professional boot CD like the one here:
http://www.wwchosting.net/bootdisk/cdboot1.zip
http://www.wwchosting.net/bootdisk/cdboot2.zip
http://www.wwchosting.net/bootdisk/cdboot3.zip
http://www.wwchosting.net/bootdisk/cdboot4.zip
http://www.wwchosting.net/bootdisk/makeboot.exe
http://www.wwchosting.net/bootdisk/makebt32.exe

I think that one is for the floppy bootdisk. Maybe, is there a way to create a bootable CD using that?


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Response Number 1
Name: Lupin3rd
Date: March 29, 2006 at 23:45:26 Pacific
Subject: Create Windows 2000 Pro Boot CD
Reply: (edit)

You could do a long winded way by adding all the floppy disk files to one virtual floppy disk then mount the image and when creating a boot cd choose to use the virtual floppy drive with thet disk image and then add the windows 2000 files to a cd (all the files). But Windoze2000 should boot from a cd anyway so why do you need the boot disks or a custom boot cd?


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Response Number 2
Name: Tubesandwires
Date: April 3, 2006 at 12:11:11 Pacific
Subject: Create Windows 2000 Pro Boot CD
Reply: (edit)

If you already have a Win 2000 CD but it doesn't boot, you can get a 4 floppy Setup set on the Microsoft site, booting and loading that will start Setup, and from there on the CD is used just like it would be if it were bootable.


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Response Number 3
Name: Lupin3rd
Date: April 4, 2006 at 00:24:03 Pacific
Subject: Create Windows 2000 Pro Boot CD
Reply: (edit)

Having reread the post, those are the boot files on the Win2000 CD which are used to make the bootable floppies as mentioned in response 2.


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Response Number 4
Name: Tubesandwires
Date: April 4, 2006 at 08:17:31 Pacific
Subject: Create Windows 2000 Pro Boot CD
Reply: (edit)

Oops - you're right - with 2000 they're on the CD. I guess I don't have a suggestion that would help in that case - I haven't used CD burners much. I've only fiddled with Win 2000 a little, about a month back, troubleshooting an existing 2000 installation (yielding not enough improvement), then loading both Win 2000 and XP Home fresh on a newer mboard etc. on a computer, re-using some parts. She had a SCSI burner drive that the bios wouldn't recognize as bootable, so I couldn't boot 2000.
You do have to get a 6 floppy Setup set from the Microsoft site for XP if an XP CD is not bootable.


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Response Number 5
Name: tom
Date: April 4, 2006 at 09:10:24 Pacific
Subject: Create Windows 2000 Pro Boot CD
Reply: (edit)

http://old.bink.nu/bootcd/

try this link, great information.


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Response Number 6
Name: Lupin3rd
Date: April 5, 2006 at 00:34:47 Pacific
Subject: Create Windows 2000 Pro Boot CD
Reply: (edit)

Yeah i know about the xp floppies i ahve all 3 versinos for Xp Home and Pro :P


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