Hi, currently I am using windows XP and Vista on my PC and Laptop, but some weeks ago I saw a version of windows I didn't know about: Windows Fundamentals For Legacy PCs. I though it would be great for my old Pentium II which was sitting on a shelf. I got an ISO image and burned it, checked it, put it on the Pentium 2's CD tray and rebooted..., nothing, the machine would simply boot to win98. I checked the CD drive, the BIOS settings, everything OK, the win98 CD boots without a glitch. I burned a new CD... nothing. I also tried on my newer PC and my laptop to no avail. All the machines boot from the win XP SP2, Vista, etc CD's just fine. I have got two different images of FLP to check if perhaps any of them was corrupt, but it is the same. So there must be some missing files on the root of the CD. Any ideas? Thanks in advance

Perhaps the ISO was not of a bootable CD. Check the documentation. You might have to use Dos to run a setup program on the CD.

To be exact, it kind of sounds like you have an illegal copy of software. There were some years that CD's could not boot to a "burned" cd. To be sure test the burned cd on a newer system. If it boots then you can re-try the burning on a different quality cd. I have had more luck on maxell black cd'r. The seem to work better on old systems. Some systems will just not read burned cd's. "Best Practices", Event viewer, host file, perfmon, antivirus, anti-spyware, Live CD's, backups, are in my top 10

jefro is correct. To clarify that, it isn't the computer but the optical drive. Early CD drives can't read CDR/RW media because that media didn't exist when they were made. That could be your problem.

but some weeks ago I saw a version of windows I didn't know about: Windows Fundamentals For Legacy PCs Huh? Don't you remember you posted the same question last May and then the moderators in this Forum deleted the thread because you were asking about illegal software. The answer jefro gave you back then is the same he is now giving you. Why do you have to repeat the same question all over again? i_Xp/VistaUser

Windows fundamentals was for corporations which used volume licensing agreements of 50 computers or more. Basically all it was for was to allow a company to upgrade older computers to windows XP fo a minimum charge or free charge with certain upgrade agreements such as promises to physically upgrade or show proof of upgrading new computers through a Microsoft partner company. It was not a new opererating system. or an full functioning OS but really a type of VM program that was used for CERTAIN parts of XP to run on older (legacy) computers..in reality It was just a legal way Microsoft allowed businesses to transfer licenses from one computer to a new computer without having to pay the high fees of purchasing new operating systems. It is the disadvantaged who habitually elect Democrats on the belief of personal change--- yet they remain disadvantaged.

I don't think you're going to be able to use the ISO on a system of this age, for the reasons given. The type of media may not have been recognized on a system back then. Of course, it's a bit of a legal mess to install it regardless, not that many everybody is worried about that but still, probably not the sort of thing I'd go asking advice for! Stick to what you have that's legal and works. http://www.pcfixreview.com