CD Boot Problems

[gokule]

Hey everyone, first off id like to say that nLite ROCKS! if ofcourse i could get it to work.

Alright, well lets get to it then;

My Laptop, is lacking the SATA drives, so when i get prompted to reinstall, it wont detect my HDD.

Laptop Specs:

Fujitsu Siemens Lifebook S7110

Hard Drive is a Seagate momentus 5400.3 80GB

OS Windows XP Pro SP2 (Legit)

Intel 1.6ghz Dual Core

Anywho, i have succefully made an nLite boot CD with my installation on it etc, etc - but when i get down to it, it just gives me the following error (Operating System not found) at the black startup screen, and just stays there.

At the moment my CD looks like this:

Is there something wrong? maybe i am missing some boot files?

Anyways, i have added my HDD Sata drives to the installation package, just if you were wondering, and i did also redo the entire process, and i did also burn the .iso file on a slower speed.

Any other ideas? thanks all!

PS. I did look in the forum for someone with a similar problem, but everyone elses were different error codes and-or solutions that i already tried, but anything is welcome!!!!

PS2. I attached my last session;

LAST SESSION.INI

LAST SESSION (205607.01-18.20.58).INI

Edited July 1, 2010 by gokule

[Sp0iLedBrAt]

Just by looking at the photo, I can tell you right away that it's wrong to use nLite on the same source files more than once. So, delete everything from the folder, copy the contents of your Windows CD in the folder again, and start over. This time, make sure that you do everything in one go (session). After you're all done, download a virtual machine, like VirtualPC or VitrualBox (both are free) and test your ISO for evident errors. If you're satisfied, then you can burn it to a CD.

Welcome to MSFN

Edited July 1, 2010 by Sp0iLedBrAt

[gokule]

Alright, i am going to do that, give me 5 minutes, btw, should i just try to add my SATA drivers this time? because i download the VirtualBox and ran my old .iso and it worked.

And btw, i have a limited CD Supply, so i hope i get this one right, so i want to play it safe, would it help to remove all drivers but the SATA ones?

[johnhc]

Alright, i am going to do that, give me 5 minutes, btw, should i just try to add my SATA drivers this time? because i download the VirtualBox and ran my old .iso and it worked.

And btw, i have a limited CD Supply, so i hope i get this one right, so i want to play it safe, would it help to remove all drivers but the SATA ones?

gokule, unfortunately virtual systems do not test drivers. I use DVD+R/W, to deal with the coaster problem. When do you get the error? Is it after the installation or right off the bat? I suspect the problem may be that you have included many versions of the SATA driver. I suggest you include ONLY the driver required for your HW. Leaving all the other (non SATA) drivers should be fine, it should have nothing to do with your error. Enjoy, John.

[gokule]

When i run the ISO on the virtualbox it starts loading and goes to the intallations part,

when i put it in the laptop, it doesnt even start, the first thing i get is OS Not found - doesnt even ask me to hit any key to continue booting the CD, nothing, just the OS not found error, and ill try to make a new installation with ONLY the sata drivers. Thanks, btw, is there a way to put the whole thing on a USB instead of a disk?

[johnhc]

When i run the ISO on the virtualbox it starts loading and goes to the intallations part,

when i put it in the laptop, it doesnt even start, the first thing i get is OS Not found - doesnt even ask me to hit any key to continue booting the CD, nothing, just the OS not found error, and ill try to make a new installation with ONLY the sata drivers. Thanks, btw, is there a way to put the whole thing on a USB instead of a disk?

gokule, there is a sub-forum here concerning installing XP from a USB stick. I suspect it will cause you more headache than it is worth. First you need to determine if your machine will boot from a stick. Most older machines will not. My previous machine (built 2006 would not) but my current machine does. How are you booting your CD? How are you burning your CD? Why are you running SP2? You need to integrate only the latest SP and it should be SP3. I don't think you have a driver problem, you have a CD burn or something problem. Can you boot the original Windows CD? Please attach your latest Last Session (the one with a single nLite run). Enjoy, John.

[gokule]

Yes, i can run my computer from a USB Stick.

I am burning my CD with ImgBurn, and i am booting my CD by changing my BIOS settings, making boot priority to my CD Drive.

And yes, my original CD does load, but stops when it cant find my HDD, and i know for a faqt my HDD isnt damaged because i loaded my computer up with a LiveUSB in linux and checked it.

And 2 minutes and ill have tested my new .ISO give me a second and ill get back to you

[gokule]

Let me just say - OMG.

Here i was, 6 hours trying to get that s*** to work using a CD - when (thanks to johnhc) i found out that you could use a USB to do it, and what do you know? IT WORKS!

And took me less than 10 minutes!

If you have any trouble doing this and want an easier way, i recommend you try doing it over the USB.

go here

Thanks to everyone that worked so hard on those projects!

Thanks to all that helped!!

[johnhc]

Let me just say - OMG.

Here i was, 6 hours trying to get that s*** to work using a CD - when (thanks to johnhc) i found out that you could use a USB to do it, and what do you know? IT WORKS!

And took me less than 10 minutes!

If you have any trouble doing this and want an easier way, i recommend you try doing it over the USB.

go here

Thanks to everyone that worked so hard on those projects!

Thanks to all that helped!!

gokule, thanks for the report. Glad you are running and you are welcome. I guess you do not want to pursue the CD problem, but I also use ImgBurn and have no problems booting the DVD. I suspect something is going wrong there. If you wanted to try it again, I would suggest you try using nLite to burn your CD. Enjoy and great, John.