Re: Trouble with slipstreaming

I am using a CD. I haven't done the install yet, but the disk does boot and
go into install mod. I will let you know if it works correctly in the next
hour or two. Fay



"R. C. White" <rc@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:uF$eeJxNFHA.1476@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi, Fay.
>
> Congratulations!
>
> But could you clarify one point? Was your successful boot from a DVD? or
> a CD? I don't mean the drive, but the disk itself. I know WinXP can
> install from a CD, of course, even in a DVD drive. But I've never heard
> of installing it by booting from a DVD disk. In fact, I didn't think we
> could boot from DVD at all, but maybe the newest BIOSes can support that.
>
> If it can be done, I'd like to know - and I suspect many others would,
> too.
>
> RC
> --
> R. C. White, CPA
> San Marcos, TX
> rc@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Microsoft Windows MVP
>
> "Fay Yocum" <fyocum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:%23pAa7toNFHA.644@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> It is now working I went out and got CDBurnXP 3. I am now looking at the
>> Windows Setup window on the new computer. A completed job is in the
>> works. Thanks to one and all. And yes the apps are cool! But the help
>> here is even better.
>>
>> Good night. Fay
>>
>> "Harry Ohrn" <harry---@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:OBstJ9nNFHA.688@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> The app is slick.
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
>>> www.webtree.ca/windowsxp
>>>
>>>
>>> "DAN6996" <DAN6996@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>> news:47C024E8-0D53-4DC2-9E63-8A02A14D12BC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Thanks....had not heard of the program - just how to do it from
>>>> scratch. :)
>>>>
>>>> "Harry Ohrn" wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Dan AutoStreamer reads the boot sector off the XP CD when it creates
>>>>> the ISO
>>>>> so the ISO should create a bootable CD.
>>>>> Read more about the process here
>>>>> http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/slipstream.htm
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>>
>>>>> Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
>>>>> www.webtree.ca/windowsxp
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "DAN6996" <DAN6996@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>>> news:5D386D2A-7578-4932-8922-DBEA68FD3E18@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> > The disk you create needs to made 'bootable'....a setting done
>>>>> > before the
>>>>> > burn, I believe.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > "Fay Yocum" wrote:
>>>>> >
>>>>> >> I used Autostream in an attempt to create a Windows installation
>>>>> >> disk
>>>>> >> with
>>>>> >> SP2. I went through the whole process and burned the resulting iso
>>>>> >> file
>>>>> >> to a
>>>>> >> DVD. When I try boot the computer with the disk nothing happens.
>>>>> >> Any
>>>>> >> suggestions?
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> Fay
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>


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