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XP Setup Disk
Name: beeg Date: July 15, 2005 at 08:49:15 Pacific OS: XP Pro Sp2 CPU/Ram: 256/2Ghz
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I am trying to make a copy of my XP disk because it is really scratched up, but still works and I want to be sure to have a backup. Well I copied it, but I went to test it and see if I could boot from it to reinstall if my computer ever crashed, and it doesn't boot. Is there a special command or file that Iam missing that will make it boot on startup?
Name: beeg Date: July 15, 2005 at 09:10:27 Pacific
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Iam pretty sure iam, but it loads windows anyways
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Response Number 4
Name: shawnatkins Date: July 15, 2005 at 09:14:49 Pacific
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Well, did you make an exact copy of the xp cd? normally there is no special command or file that will make it boot on startup.
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Response Number 5
Name: beeg Date: July 15, 2005 at 09:25:35 Pacific
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Iam pretty sure iam, but it loads windows anyways
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Response Number 6
Name: beeg Date: July 15, 2005 at 09:36:36 Pacific
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"Well, did you make an exact copy of the xp cd? normally there is no special command or file that will make it boot on startup."
Iam pretty sure I did make an exact copy, everything looks ok, I got setup.exe , autorun, liscense, I386, and the Readme.html
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Response Number 7
Name: zeb001 Date: July 15, 2005 at 13:31:31 Pacific
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just coping the disk will not write the boot sector to the copy disk,you need to clone the cd,you will need to get a program like clone cd
when you think that you know it all! you know nothing
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Response Number 8
Name: Richard59 Date: July 15, 2005 at 15:55:53 Pacific
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What version is your CD? You may be better off to create a slipstreamed instal CD that has SP2 already inbuilt. There are any number of guides to slipstreaming that include instructions on making the end result CD bootable. Google a bit and you'll find them
I used to have a signature but it disappeared and I just couldn't be bothered writing another so please feel free to ingore this.
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Response Number 9
Name: beeg Date: July 16, 2005 at 12:05:38 Pacific
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Well, I made a cd with a boot image i found and burnt it. so i figured i would test it, so i restarted my computer and put the disk in, it took like 5 min of the loading screen and then the computer restarted. Now i cannot load windoes, it takes like 5 min on the loading screen and then restarts. Any solutions?
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Response Number 10
Name: beeg Date: July 16, 2005 at 12:26:48 Pacific
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Nevermind I fixed it myself
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Response Number 11
Name: XpUser Date: July 16, 2005 at 12:28:45 Pacific
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Would you mind telling us how you fixed it?
i_XpUser
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Response Number 12
Name: beeg Date: July 16, 2005 at 16:25:17 Pacific
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Evidently my one or more of my startup files were corrupt, or something, so I used a boot disk to start it up. The old boot disk i tried was from windows 2000 pro, that is why it didnt work. I also successfully made a boot disk that I slip streamed with sp2
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Response Number 13
Name: XpUser Date: July 16, 2005 at 17:31:30 Pacific
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Thanks Beeg for posting back. Glad to hear it all worked out for you.
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