Will this work.

[gopal]

hello,

i ahne a technical question. my father has a WinXP retail
version software. Due to mishandling,scratches have
appeared on the CD and the CD is not usable. Luckily, he
took a backup of the software on another CD by selecting
all the files and copying the files onto another CD.

due to some problem, i had to reinstall the software. I
have a Windows XP startup disk and booted with it. Put teh
backed up CD in the drive. Changed drive to CD Drive ( CD
e: where e: cd drive). Typed "setup". Here the computer
gives a message stating that " This program cannot run in
dos version" and i was unable to install the XP.

i have windows 98 SE. i first installed it. Then put the
XP CD in the drive and double-clicked on setup and updated
the operation system. This was a tedious process.

In the days of Windows 98, you could boot with 98 startup
Disk and install Win 98.

My Question:
I have Nero CD Burning software. It has option to make
bootable CDs. while making CD you could add files.

while creating it first asks for Bootable floppy - I will
put win XP Startup disk in the floppy drive from where
Nero will copy Boot files.

i will add the files of winXP from the backed up copy.

"will i be able to install the software as was possible in
original Win XP bootable CD" ?

Thank you
gopal

[Joseph Conway [MSFT]]

Possibly, if you were to copy the entire XP CD to another CD and make it a
bootable disk then it should work as the retail did.

--
Joseph W. Conway, MCSE
Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server Group

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

"gopal" > wrote in message
...
> hello,
>
> i ahne a technical question. my father has a WinXP retail
> version software. Due to mishandling,scratches have
> appeared on the CD and the CD is not usable. Luckily, he
> took a backup of the software on another CD by selecting
> all the files and copying the files onto another CD.
>
> due to some problem, i had to reinstall the software. I
> have a Windows XP startup disk and booted with it. Put teh
> backed up CD in the drive. Changed drive to CD Drive ( CD
> e: where e: cd drive). Typed "setup". Here the computer
> gives a message stating that " This program cannot run in
> dos version" and i was unable to install the XP.
>
> i have windows 98 SE. i first installed it. Then put the
> XP CD in the drive and double-clicked on setup and updated
> the operation system. This was a tedious process.
>
> In the days of Windows 98, you could boot with 98 startup
> Disk and install Win 98.
>
> My Question:
> I have Nero CD Burning software. It has option to make
> bootable CDs. while making CD you could add files.
>
> while creating it first asks for Bootable floppy - I will
> put win XP Startup disk in the floppy drive from where
> Nero will copy Boot files.
>
> i will add the files of winXP from the backed up copy.
>
> "will i be able to install the software as was possible in
> original Win XP bootable CD" ?
>
> Thank you
> gopal
>
>

[Mike Hall]

Go to www.bootdisk.com .. download the diskette image for the XP special
installation diskette.. boot from it.. follow the instructions..

--
History is only the past if we choose to do nothing about it..

"gopal" > wrote in message
...
> hello,
>
> i ahne a technical question. my father has a WinXP retail
> version software. Due to mishandling,scratches have
> appeared on the CD and the CD is not usable. Luckily, he
> took a backup of the software on another CD by selecting
> all the files and copying the files onto another CD.
>
> due to some problem, i had to reinstall the software. I
> have a Windows XP startup disk and booted with it. Put teh
> backed up CD in the drive. Changed drive to CD Drive ( CD
> e: where e: cd drive). Typed "setup". Here the computer
> gives a message stating that " This program cannot run in
> dos version" and i was unable to install the XP.
>
> i have windows 98 SE. i first installed it. Then put the
> XP CD in the drive and double-clicked on setup and updated
> the operation system. This was a tedious process.
>
> In the days of Windows 98, you could boot with 98 startup
> Disk and install Win 98.
>
> My Question:
> I have Nero CD Burning software. It has option to make
> bootable CDs. while making CD you could add files.
>
> while creating it first asks for Bootable floppy - I will
> put win XP Startup disk in the floppy drive from where
> Nero will copy Boot files.
>
> i will add the files of winXP from the backed up copy.
>
> "will i be able to install the software as was possible in
> original Win XP bootable CD" ?
>
> Thank you
> gopal
>
>