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Old 10-28-2009, 12:17 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Hello, i cant seem to load a Windows XP CD, Even though my CD Drive can read CD-R..

The CD im using:



Message at Boot.. when Reading CD:



CD Runs when using Windows?:

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Old 10-28-2009, 12:20 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Default Re: Trying to install Windows XP...

did you write the cd as a bootable image not just the image on the cd?
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Old 10-28-2009, 12:24 PM   #3 (permalink)
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i have no clue, its the ones off Torrent mate.


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Did you just put it onto a cd using the xp 'burn to cd' function?
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Old 10-28-2009, 12:36 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Nope? i use nero to burn CD's etc
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Its not bootable. If you can read it while within Windows but not while booting it is not bootable. Nothing you can do to fix it but get a better copy.
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ahh thanks anyway mak and peter.
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Could probably use nLite to make a bootable XP disc out of the installation files that were gotten, if it was not an ISO file. .
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