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- This is what you need:
- Bootsector:
- If you just want to start the setup routine use:
NT5BOOT.BIN for Microsoft Windows XP/2000
NT4BOOT.BIN for Microsoft Windows NT
or the modified versions: NT5BOOTM.BIN and NT4BOOTM.BIN
(about the modified versions see here) - If you want to start other programs from the CD
also (e.g. setup routine of Microsoft Windows 9x), use:
Bootable CD Wizard with it's own bootsector (BCDWBOOT.BIN)
- If you just want to start the setup routine use:
- From the Windows distribution set:
folder \I386 of the original Windows XP/2000/NT CD
- Localized fonts:
file BOOTFONT.BIN from the folder \I386
(for localized versions of Windows XP/2000/NT only, e.g. Russian) - Necessary files:
Microsoft Windows version
Needed files
2003 Enterprise WIN51 and WIN51IA 2003 Standard WIN51 and WIN51IS 2003 Web WIN51 and WIN51IB XP Home WIN51 and WIN51IC XP Professional WIN51 and WIN51IP 2000 Professional CDROM_NT.5 and CDROM_IP.5 2000 Server CDROM_NT.5 and CDROM_IS.5 2000 Advanced Server CDROM_NT.5 and CDROM_IA.5 2000 Datacenter Server CDROM_NT.5 and CDROM_ID.5 NT Workstation CDROM_W.40 NT Server CDROM_S.40 NT Terminal Server CDROM_TS.40
- Bootsector:
- How do I write the disk?
- Add a bootsector to Nero, CDRWin, Easy CD Creator, Instant CD+DVD, WinOnCD, CDImage or mkisofs;
- Add the folder \I386 and the files listed in 1. to the
root of the CD project;
e.g. for a russian version of Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP1 it looks like this:- If you're not
using Bootable CD Wizard:
- If you're using Bootable CD
Wizard:
- If you're not
using Bootable CD Wizard:
- Add your own files;
- Burn the disk.
- If while booting from the CD you get: 'CDBOOT: Couldn't
find NTLDR',
see here...
- Service Packs:
- If your Windows distribution already contains an
integrated (slipstreamed)Service Pack, you will need one of the
following files from the root of your Windows CD (additionally to the
files mentioned in 1.):
Service Pack
Needed file
XP Home Service Pack 1 WIN51IC.SP1 XP Professional Service Pack 1 WIN51IP.SP1 2000 Service Pack 1 CDROM_SP.TST 2000 Service Pack 2 CDROMSP2.TST 2000 Service Pack 3 CDROMSP3.TST 2000 Service Pack 4 CDROMSP4.TST
- In order to find out if your Windows distribution
already contains an integrated Service Pack have a look at
\I386\TXTSETUP.SIF and see if the corresponding one of the above
mentioned files is listed in there.
- If your distribution does not contain an integrated
Service Pack, it can be very useful to integrate (i.e. slipstream) it
yourself:
- Create a temporary folder on your harddisk with all the files of your future bootCD (folder \I386 and the files mentioned in 1.), e.g. C:\MyBootCD
- Start the Service Pack with the switch -X, e.g.:
- Specify another temporary folder as a target for
the unpacking process, e.g.:
- Integrate the Service Pack in your existing folder
with the following command:
- If your Windows distribution already contains an
integrated (slipstreamed)Service Pack, you will need one of the
following files from the root of your Windows CD (additionally to the
files mentioned in 1.):
- BOOTFIX.BIN
- If you are creating a bootdisk for Microsoft Windows NT
and you want the following message to appear while booting
"Press any key to boot from CD..."
like it does with Windows XP/2000, you need to add to your Windows NT distribution the file \I386\BOOTFIX.BIN from a Windows XP or Windows 2000 distribution, and you have to use the bootsector NT5BOOT.BIN (NT5BOOTM.BIN) instead of NT4BOOT.BIN (NT4BOOTM.BIN)
- If you are creating a bootdisk for Microsoft Windows NT
and you want the following message to appear while booting
- Different folders \I386 on one disk:
English translation by Wolfgang Brinkmann