Does anyone have any idea on how to make a bootable CDRW under XP?

[SunnyD]

I'm at a loss. Sure, I can format a floppy and make it a system disk, but I don't have any floppies laying around. So I got the brilliant idea of trying to make a bootable CDRW, but, well, Nero wants a boot image from a floppy - and duh, I don't have a floppy!

Talk about a paradox.

 

[Need4Speed]

then just download the bootsector from any one of a thousand sites....google: barts bootable cd

 

[SunnyD]

Originally posted by: Need4Speed
then just download the bootsector from any one of a thousand sites....google: barts bootable cd

Hmm, bootdisk.com's images are all autocompressed to extract directly to a floppy.

 

[Need4Speed]

Originally posted by: SunnyD

Originally posted by: Need4Speed
then just download the bootsector from any one of a thousand sites....google: barts bootable cd

Hmm, bootdisk.com's images are all autocompressed to extract directly to a floppy.

I didnt say download the bootdisk, I said download the bootsector.
youre best bet is to use barts bootable cdrom tutorial

 

[SunnyD]

This is almost more trouble than it's worth.

 

[Need4Speed]

Originally posted by: SunnyD
This is almost more trouble than it's worth.

how can it be any trouble to download barts tools and execute a few command? I really dont think it gets much more simple...he walks you through every single step

LINK for the lazy

 

[Motorheader]

Here's another one:

Bootable CD

 

[SunnyD]

Originally posted by: Need4Speed

Originally posted by: SunnyD
This is almost more trouble than it's worth.

how can it be any trouble to download barts tools and execute a few command? I really dont think it gets much more simple...he walks you through every single step

LINK for the lazy

Yeah - I can do that and have done that. The process to do this is insanely stupid and involved for something which most recording packages (including what WinXP gives you built in) should be able to do with a single mouseclick.

Regardless of that, I cannot use this method to update my machine's bios anyway because Shuttle conveniently packages the BIOS updater and image in a self-extracting executable which cannot be extracted within XP anyway, and obviously can't be extracted onto a CD under DOS.

 

[Need4Speed]

i find it VERY hard to believe that you cannot extract the files from the exe with winimage or winrar and then add them to the bootable cd.

 

[Need4Speed]

send me a link or email me the exe you want to extract and ill take a look at it for you if you want.

 

[puffpio]

nero 6 has a bootfloppy image included with it