boot problem

[bs0409]

I have a folder in which the xp installation files and folders are there...........I burned the contents to a CD and tried to boot the PC from the cd.............but my PC won't boot........I think the boot file is msssing.....How do i restore it???

[clidx]

are you sure you burned the disc as a bootable cd? if not download nlite and burn it from there.

if you DID burn it as a bootable cd, you could try modifying the settings in the bios to boot from the cd-rom first... but where the setting is is unique to the brand of bios (e.g. award, phoenix etc)

if all fails, try reburning the disk.

[Justas]

Shouldn't you make those files into an ISO then burn the ISO? I am not sure if you just burned it as a data CD or something. If you just copied the files to a folder then tried to re-burn them without making them into an ISO then re-burning then the CD wont boot. But then again I could be wrong

Hope I was a little help!

[clidx]

you can burn them directly in nlite without creating a bootable iso. that's what i did when my old 40gb hdd failed and i used a temporary copy of xp on a 20gb hdd and i didn't have enough space left to create an iso.

but yeah, just dragging and dropping it into nero or something won't work.