(Msg. 9) Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 3:16 pm
Post subject: Re: unable to install xp pro [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: microsoft>public>windowsxp>basics (more info?)
hey Shenan, created cd and it starts ok, but then prompts me to insert
floppy....
"Shenan Stanley" wrote:
> Paolo wrote:
> > boot order is correct. otherwise I wouldn't be able to boot from
> > linux Cd either.
> >
> > cd rom drive works. it reads linux cd.
> >
> > cd is not faulty. i have actually 2 different and legal copies.
> > both start and work in other laptop.
> >
> > this is why i dont understand
>
> Let me state what I said again...
>
> Just because your CD drive is reading one CD or another does not mean it
> will read the CD you have. Not all CDs and CD drives are created equally.
> Your CD drive could well be just slightly out of alignment (laser) and the
> Windows XP CD in question could have just the right flaw that makes it
> unreadable by said hardware. I know - sounds astronomical - happens a lot.
>
> It's great you have proven the CD is good.
> It's great you can boot off other CDs in that drive.
>
> My suggestion is to create a new bootable Windows XP CD burned on the same
> media batch your *nix CD is. You may even want to just integrate SP3 and
> some post-SP3 patches into it while you are going to the trouble. In an
> hour or less you should have a CD that will be as recognizable to the system
> as any *nix CD you say it now boots from.
>
> If it still fails - then we have other issues we can look into (given your
> newly burned CD will boot on other systems as well.) At this point though -
> I'd go with this simply-tested theory... Personally.
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
> --
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html >
>
>
(Msg. 10) Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 5:57 pm
Post subject: Re: unable to install xp pro [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
Paolo wrote:
> hey Shenan, created cd and it starts ok, but then prompts me to
> insert floppy....
This Windows XP CD you had - was it a Retail/OEM/other?
How did you burn the new copy and ensure it was bootable (what method?)
(Msg. 11) Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 5:57 pm
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> Paolo wrote:
> > hey Shenan, created cd and it starts ok, but then prompts me to
> > insert floppy....
>
> This Windows XP CD you had - was it a Retail/OEM/other?
> How did you burn the new copy and ensure it was bootable (what method?)
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
> --
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html >
>
>
(Msg. 12) Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 7:05 pm
Post subject: Re: unable to install xp pro [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
Why don't you just create a copy of your retail CD? Why are you going
through the hassle at the link you provided. That process is used to create
a bootable CD from a non bootable source and is the reason that you are just
arriving at a request to insert a floppy. Your Windows XP OEM CD is not copy
protected so you can launch your favorite third party CD burning software
even if it is CDBurnerXP Pro as listed at the tacktec link. Then use the
Copy CD function. Pop your original disc into the drive, let the software
copy it to the cache, insert the blank disc and let the copy finish. When
done the finished disc should be the same as the original.
Shenan makes a good point in that you could create a slipstream with SP3
integrated using nLite. I've done this many times and it works well. However
you need to know how to properly burn the resulting .ISO file to disc.
--
Xandros
"Paolo" <Paolo.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1B9878F3-B429-4A4F-8F55-ABB9BA39D944@microsoft.com...
> followed instruction on this web page.
> http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=360 > it is bootable. cd is OEM copy.
>
> "Shenan Stanley" wrote:
>
>> Paolo wrote:
>> > hey Shenan, created cd and it starts ok, but then prompts me to
>> > insert floppy....
>>
>> This Windows XP CD you had - was it a Retail/OEM/other?
>> How did you burn the new copy and ensure it was bootable (what method?)
>>
>> --
>> Shenan Stanley
>> MS-MVP
>> --
>> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
>> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html >>
>>
>>
(Msg. 13) Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2008 7:45 pm
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(Msg. 14) Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 1:10 pm
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Paulo, above is ISO burning software; very good one.
--
Mad Mike
"Paolo" wrote:
> followed instruction on this web page.
> http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=360 > it is bootable. cd is OEM copy.
>
> "Shenan Stanley" wrote:
>
> > Paolo wrote:
> > > hey Shenan, created cd and it starts ok, but then prompts me to
> > > insert floppy....
> >
> > This Windows XP CD you had - was it a Retail/OEM/other?
> > How did you burn the new copy and ensure it was bootable (what method?)
> >
> > --
> > Shenan Stanley
> > MS-MVP
> > --
> > How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > >
> >
> >
(Msg. 15) Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 2:41 pm
Post subject: Re: unable to install xp pro [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
Coping the CD doesn't work, have tried with different progarms. the .ISO file
seems the only thing the cd rom drive can read.
"Xandros" wrote:
> Why don't you just create a copy of your retail CD? Why are you going
> through the hassle at the link you provided. That process is used to create
> a bootable CD from a non bootable source and is the reason that you are just
> arriving at a request to insert a floppy. Your Windows XP OEM CD is not copy
> protected so you can launch your favorite third party CD burning software
> even if it is CDBurnerXP Pro as listed at the tacktec link. Then use the
> Copy CD function. Pop your original disc into the drive, let the software
> copy it to the cache, insert the blank disc and let the copy finish. When
> done the finished disc should be the same as the original.
>
> Shenan makes a good point in that you could create a slipstream with SP3
> integrated using nLite. I've done this many times and it works well. However
> you need to know how to properly burn the resulting .ISO file to disc.
>
> --
>
> Xandros
>
>
> "Paolo" <Paolo.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1B9878F3-B429-4A4F-8F55-ABB9BA39D944@microsoft.com...
> > followed instruction on this web page.
> > http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=360 > > it is bootable. cd is OEM copy.
> >
> > "Shenan Stanley" wrote:
> >
> >> Paolo wrote:
> >> > hey Shenan, created cd and it starts ok, but then prompts me to
> >> > insert floppy....
> >>
> >> This Windows XP CD you had - was it a Retail/OEM/other?
> >> How did you burn the new copy and ensure it was bootable (what method?)
> >>
> >> --
> >> Shenan Stanley
> >> MS-MVP
> >> --
> >> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> >> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>
>
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