Re: bootable CDs

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"Ron Badour" <Sorry@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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What CDs are you referring to? Are you using the correct terminology
Bill? Bootable CDs are generally a diagnostic tool or an operating system.
To be bootable, there has to be a routine included in the CD itself. CD
burning programs such as NERO can be used to create a bootable CD.

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Regards

Ron Badour
MS MVP 1997 - 2007

My XP is an OEM product. Therefore I don't have an xp install disk. I
know I can generate one with winn32.exe but I can use one of the 5 disks my
manufacturer sent me. The thing is only the 1st is bootable. The other four
aren't. I also have a copy of an old win98 OS I saved onto a disk but it
isn't boot like the original win98 OS boot disk was.

Bill


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