anyone tried writing win2k boot/install floppies on a CD?

[davidf]

I'm going to try and write the 4 installation floppies for Win2k onto a CD to speed up the install process. I'm really tired of waiting on the FDD to read.

Has anyone else done this? Any problems? any tips?

 

[Shmorq]

Why do you need the installation floppies for Win2K? I think the CD is bootable... at least mine is. Never had to deal with floppies while installing Win2K...

 

[SUOrangeman]

I posted a link a few months ago that allowed eval downloads of Win2K to be burned to make a bootable CD. You might wanna search the archives.

-SUO

 

[cheapbastich]

hmmm, how do you boot with the win2k cd?
I have tried every setting in the bios, but no go>>
is this different than w98?

or is this just the recovery console? that gives me
an error message that it is not installed

 

[RalfHutter]

Just go into your BIOS and change the boot order to boot from your CDrom drive first. Then put the Win2000 CD in your CDrom drive and reboot. You'll get a prompt saying something like "if you want to boot from the CDrom drive press any key". Press any key and it'll start loading the install files and you're on your way! Enjoy.

 

[aUt0eXebat]

the CD is bootable, those disks take forever...... i tried it one. just change the boot order in your BIOS

 

[Workin']

To all who say the Windows CD-ROM is bootable:

NO KIDDING!!!! But not every computer is capable of booting from the CD drive! Get a clue, that's not the question asked in the post.

 

[dowxp]

hmm. i ahve the same problem. except, mine isnt. why? b-u-r-_-_-_ . oh well. should have made an iso or clone cd'ed it. =)

 

[shawnmos]

I have an oem version of win2k and mine is not bootable. so could someone tell me how to make a bootable install cd.

 

[JW310]

<< To all who say the Windows CD-ROM is bootable:

NO KIDDING!!!! But not every computer is capable of booting from the CD drive! Get a clue, that's not the question asked in the post. >>


Umm.... unless I missed something, the question asked how to get the boot floppies onto a CD, so he could boot from the CD to run the install program. Which, I think, would make it safe to say that he CAN boot from a CD. So having him attempt to boot right from the CD may not be that bad of a suggestion.

SUOrangeman's post made a while back is a great guide to making your Win2k CD bootable, if it is not already. Search through the archives for the post. I may be thinking of a different post, but there's also a post in the archives that will let you burn a bootable Win2k+SP1 slipstreamed bootable CD.

As for putting the install floppies onto a CD, I believe you must have your software burn a bootable CD, and when it asks for the files to use for the bootable part, use the first disk. Then add all of the disks to the layout of the CD.

Hope this helps!
JW

 

[shawnmos]

post a link to that thread. i can't find it.

 

[dowxp]

http://www.bink.nu/Bootcd/default.htm

hope this helps.. im off to try it. =)

 

[nEoTeChMaN]

Evaluation windows 2000 CD is not bootable.

Me too, I'm trying it now.

 

[nEoTeChMaN]

Did anyone get it to work?

I couldn't get my to go.

Kept saying:

Cannot Boot From a CD
CDBoot: Code-5

 

[Tripleshot]

The point of having the four disks foe booting win2k is for repair when you have no CD-Rom. You absolutly defeat the purpose by using the boot disks on a Cd-rom disk. If your bios (and most due now)can boot from CD,then just install the W2K disk in the CDrom and install or repair or whatever you need.

Its quite simple. Why complicate it and cause yourself headaches?

 

[dowxp]

THe point is that we ahve cdroms and sometimes when we want to reformat, we need to bootup in win2k. but, most of our cdroms arent bootable, either they are evals or stupid burns like mine. then, to save the hassle, we try to make bootable cdroms. im burning as we speak. go 8x!

 

[dowxp]

yay. mine works and its automated too. dont have to go through all the settings ever again. just make sure to follow the directions carefully and check the nessacary checkboxes.. cdrwin is nice. of course, if you get the full version. =)

 

[nEoTeChMaN]

Can you list the files/Folders that are suppose to be on the CD?

I may have miss out something.

This is what I have on the CD:

i386
Autorun.inf
Cdrom_ip.5
Cdrom_nt.5
Cdrom_sp.tst
Read1st.txt
Readme.doc
setup.exe

Am I missing something?

 

[dowxp]

doesnt seem to be. the boot img. file you are using is the bin file in the bootfile.zip right?

 

[virtuamike]

I have bootable floppies on CD. What I did was create the floppies and direct copy each one to CD. Yes, I have 4 1.44MB CD's. But I'm assured that they can't be demagnetized and that they'll load up a lot fast than floppies. Besides, floppy is at the point of becoming obselete.

 

[FiDo14DiDo]

Here's a way where u dont need any additional floppies:

Boot up with a Win98 startup disc.
Go to the i386 folder in your Win2K CD and run Winnt.exe. This will copy install files to your HDD.

You should be able to run it as you normally would with a set of floppies from here on out. This has worked for me the the last 4 times I installed the damn software. I learned my lessons and made rescue disks.

Hope this helps.

FiDo

 

[nEoTeChMaN]

Did you copy all 4 disks to the same directory?

 

[Emory7]

Link worked for me and I was able to slipstream SP2 beta but could not overcome it's asking for disk two. So I just copied it onto the cd along with my other drivers and installed that way. Make sure in the box in Volume descriptor &quot;use ISO9660 for JOLIET volume descriptor is not checked&quot;

 

[nEoTeChMaN]

I followed like 3 times and wasted 3 CDs in the process.

Damn, what am I doing wrong?

I have full version CDRWin 3.8b.

 

[dowxp]

hehe. i like that word, slipstream. hmm nEoTeChMaN, if im going to type out what i did, i might was well just retype the page. i followed the directions exactly. i have version 4.0a. i just downloaded it and found a keygen.. =)