Making a Bootable WinXP CD - Help!

[saber800]

I am trying to make a WinXP bootable CD but I'm having problems. I tried using Roxio with no luck. In Roxio, I select Floppy Emulation, insert a bootable floppy and create the cd (with WinXP files copied too). When I restart, my pc boots from the cd but I can not see or access the WinXP files (i386 dir), only the files that were on the floppy.

The reason I'm making a boot cd is because my new Compaq 6000Z didn't come with WinXP Home CD-ROM but it did have the i386 dir on the c: drive. So I'm trying to see if I can make a WinXP Home Install CD by copying the i386 dir and making the cd bootable.

Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks

 

[SerraYX]

You'd be better off using bootable floppies. I've had no luck getting my XP CD to be bootable.

linkzor

 

[saber800]

Thanks for the link. I went searching at the Microsoft site and I found these:

Link to Downloads to Bootable Floppies

 

[kt]

Go here. It has instructions and the necessary XP bootable files for you to download.