Make a Boot CD?

[George Mck 416571]

Where can I find info about making boot cd's? Some utilities will make
crude (DOS) boot cd's.
Can you make a CD to replace floppie and perhaps boot to safe mode with USB
support?

[Joe727]

XP doesn't use DOS - it has a DOS emulator. However, you can create XP boot
disks.

More info here:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=http://support.microsoft.com:80/support/kb/articles/q310/9/94.asp&NoWebContent=1

and here:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=55820edb-5039-4955-bcb7-4fed408ea73f&displaylang=en

Joe

"George Mck 416571" > wrote in message
...
> Where can I find info about making boot cd's? Some utilities will make
> crude (DOS) boot cd's.
> Can you make a CD to replace floppie and perhaps boot to safe mode with
USB
> support?
>
>

[Alex Nichol]

Xref: kermit microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:905301

George Mck 416571 wrote:

>Where can I find info about making boot cd's? Some utilities will make
>crude (DOS) boot cd's.

For that you need one of the CD burning packages - Nero or Easy CD
Creator.

They both have 'Boot CD' options, which need an image download of a DOS
based floppy or an actual such floppy, so as to generate the bit that
boots. You can then put files in the rest of the disk in the normal
way, which will be 'seen' as a CD with appropriate letter when you boot
the disk. I recommend using a Win98 startup floppy as the base.

>Can you make a CD to replace floppie and perhaps boot to safe mode with USB
>support?

The only approach I can think of would be exactly equivalent to booting
the SP system with the option menu to Safe mode, or booting the regular
XP CD direct - and would not have USB support

--
Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
Bournemouth, U.K. (remove the D8 bit)