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Bootable CD for Windows XP
Name: Navin Date: October 3, 2002 at 02:14:56 Pacific OS: Windows XP CPU/Ram: PIV - 1.5Ghz/256MB
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Hi ! Could someone advise me on how to create a bootable CD rom for Windows XP. I tried to copy the NTLDR, NTDETECT.com and the BOOT.INI files onto a CD. This did not work. The main reason I need this is so that I can run some recovery tools off the CD and try to burn some of my valuable data from my failed hard-disk onto CDs. I would be very grateful to anyone who can help me out with this problem !
Name: Steve Dunn Date: October 3, 2002 at 03:28:32 Pacific
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The XP install CD is bootable. Don't really understand your problem. Have you tried recovery console? How failed is your hard disk? Is it the only one you've got?
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Response Number 2
Name: richard Date: October 3, 2002 at 04:15:34 Pacific
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navin if hard drive is failing try slaving the drive to a computer running the same file system to recover your data.
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Response Number 3
Name: Navin Date: October 4, 2002 at 15:51:43 Pacific
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Hi Steve, The hard-disk being referred to is on a Laptop computer..and is the only one I have... Recovery console is failing too. I had another post in which I had explained my complete problem : http://www.computing.net/windowsxp/wwwboard/forum/42743.html
Hi Richard, Any suggestions on how I can conenct my laptop hard-disk to another m/c ?
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