Need Help Making XP disk that will boot.

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My WXP PRO SP2 instillation CD disk will no longer boot, but the files
on it seem fine. So I thought to make a copy that will boot.

I am trying to use Bart's way to create bootable CD-Roms (for
Windows/Dos) at http://www.nu2.nu/bootcd/wxp/

I think I am doing everything right, but I have experienced the same
failure three times, using three different CD-R brands, including
Taiyo Yuden.

Bart's program BCD does everything fine until it checks the disk size.
Then it says "Data will not fit on any disk". In fact it says a few
lines earlier that "Total Size = 1233 MB" and "LOUT start = 1234 MB".

Since my WXP I386 files are coming right from a CD-R, This is not
right - I fail to understand why I am having a size problem. In fact
the I386 folder on my defunct CD-R = only 528MB.

I would pose this question to Bart, but he states he doesn't support
his "BCD". So I am asking here.

Has anyone tried this? Did it work? If so, is there a trick or a
step that I am missing? Where might the extra space be coming from?

I would appreciate help. I will reward by adding U to my will.

Jethro
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