windows xp 64 cd refuses to boot

[touchmyichi]

I just installed my msi k8n neo 2 and athlon 64 3000+. I downloaded the newest windows xp 64 from microsoft and burnt it simply unzipping the files and burning them on a data cd using nero. It refuses to boot from this cd....

any ideas?

 

[montag451]

the cd needs to be bootable.
The best way to do this is to make convert the files to .ISO in ultraiso, and make the image bootable, then burn onto cd.

Let me know how xp64 is.

 

[mastertech01]

The download from Microsoft IS an ISO... all you do is burn it directly with Nero using the ISO burning tool or what ever your burning program is. No unzipping, no altering at all. Just dont copy it to a disk, burn as ISO 9660+Joliet Mode 1 so that when its all done it will boot up like a regular install disk.

 

[ChuaChua]

errrr...yeah. dont just copy/paste the ISO....ive wasted a CD-R for that reason.

 

[InseName]

in the instructions, it just says to unzip, burn to disc, then boot from it
lol, i dled it months ago, could never install it...
and does any1 no of a good review for xp 64?

 

[Farmer]

InseName:

Let's see, it's the same thing as XP except in 64-bit, and there are few drivers for it. There's a whole thread on that.

Yes, burn the disc image and make it bootable. Don't burn the image file onto the CD, burn the CD using the image file.