Can't boot from Windows XP Pro CD ** HELP!!! **

[Twinhead]

I was trying to do a clean install for Windows XP Professional. So I changed my BIOS setting to let the CD-ROM boot first. When the machine startup, It said "Boot Failure..."
So I think obviously the CD doesn't contain any boot file. I am wondering what's wrong with this. Anyone can help?

Any opinion will be appreciated.

 

[TheDuck]

I am assuming you have the full version and not the upgrade...

 

[ToyMachine]

If your CD-Rom is not ATAPI or SCSI then it probably wont boot. I have a USB External CD-Rom that will not boot at all. It works fine after you set it up in windows but just wont boot. other than that i have no idea..try disconnecting the ide cables, unless its external, from the ide slots and reconnect them and try it again. I doubt its the cd if you bought the OS but if you downloaded a cracked version its possible that it doesnt work...maybe you downloaded a ISO full of trojans and viruses...who knows..anything is possible

 

[ketchupdog]

You probalbly got a bad burn, try it on another system if possible to verify.

 

[TheDuck]

XP boot disks: http://www.xp-erience.org/download.php?op=getit&lid=58

Try that out.

 

[PepperBreath]

Would it be possible for someone with the Upgrade CD to reburn it as a bootable CD?

 

[Twinhead]

Thanks guys. I really appreciate all your helps.

 

[ketchupdog]

I dont think thats possisble, unless you have the files that the upgrade CD was missing and some fuse the two together with ISO buster, I wouldnt run that CD on my system though

 

[TheDuck]

You can make any CD bootable. The better question is will it let you install? If it's like some of the other upgrade CDs I got directly from Microsoft, then yes -- so much for an "upgrade" (those CDs however came bootable). You can make the CD bootable with CD Creator 4 or 5. If you grab the xp boot disks from Microsoft, you could use those as the image Easy CD creator requires you to have.

 

[Twinhead]

Hey TheDuck, thanks for the website. It really helps.

 

[PepperBreath]

That's what I'm getting at. Can you make it boot and install like the full version.

I know you can do a fresh install of Win98 from a fresh formatted HD. It only asks to "verify" if you have a previous version. I was wondering if it would be the same for WinXP only having it bootable and able to partition and format a HD with NTFS, etc.

I ask out of curiosity though. A friend of mine was thinking of buying the Upgrade but I told him I wasn't sure it was possible to do a completely fresh install with it by booting with the CD like the full version.

 

[Presence]

Make it bootable !!!


That might help. Havent tried it myself though but should work. If you wanna make a bootable disk that is.