morguex

Thanks again, Mr X. I downloaded isobuster and will try it.

Thanks X. Is there a way of examining the boot sector? I just downloaded ImgBurn.

What do the CD boot files look like in XP? I've seen references (even in Microsoft documents) to BOOT.INI but I haven't found it on my original SP Pro SP1 CD which is bootable. I'm from DOS days and booting was fairly straightforward. But I'm lost in XP and way lost in Windows 7. I'm trying to make a bootable setup CD from my original XP CD in which I slipstreamed SP3 and SATA drivers. I followed Method Two in SevenForums using nLite to build the ISO file and to burn the CD. The CD it burned is not bootable. I examined the root folder of the original and the copy and have attached the images. Neither has anything I recognize as a boot process but of course the original is bootable. I would appreciate any help you might be able to offer. Morgan

I live in New Mexico (USA) and I'm an old geezer. I probably won't be of much help to others, but I'll contribute when I can. I will need help from some of the more knowledgeable people on the forum. I'll post request in the proper forum.