How to make the CD bootable with the installation files

see http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=297

One option is if you can find an original Xp disk and then you recreate your disk with your files on it using Nlite. nLite is very good.

Another option is to make a bootable CD with all the Xp files on it using Nero. See the following link.

http://www.onecomputerguy.com/install/winxp_bootable.htm

Regards,

Jeff

Try nLite:

http://www.nliteos.com/

i would side with houssam_ballout !!!

nLite is the way to go if you want a good fast solution!.

:O what about poor old me ?

woops.. missed a single line in your post (you tried nlite)

with nlite point directly to a cd, and it will prompt you to choose a folder on your disk.. do this. when this part is done, simply overwrite the directory with your files and go on useing the wizard. :)

everything schould work at the end of the wizard when you have burned your cd to an iso file, or directly to a disk (no need for nero here)

Ok... I'll drive you step by step.

1.  Create a folder named "XPSetup" at the root directory of the C drive.

2.  Download and unzip the Boot Sector files from the download location provided (see Resources).  
     Copy all files into the new XPSetup directory.

3.  Right-click the "Start" button and select "Explorer" to open Windows Explorer. Locate the C:/i386
     directory using Explorer.

4.  Highlight the /i386 directory and right-click on the folder.

5.  Select "Copy" (not "Move") from the context menu and paste the folder into the C:/XPSetup directory.
     Do not drag and drop the folder. The folder structure should appear as C:/XPSetup/i386 once the
     folder has been pasted into the setup directory. Verify that the files have been copied and not  
     moved by checking the i386 folder for its contents.

6.  Open Notepad and create a new text file. In the new text file, type the word "Windows " with a
     capital "W" and the remaining letters lower case. Include a trailing space but do not include the
     quotes around the word Windows. Press the Enter key to create a new line.

7.  Save the file as "WIN51" with the quotes. Adding the quotes will prevent the .txt file extension from
     being added to the file name. You should now have a text file named WIN51 with Windows
     (including a trailing space) as its contents.

8.  Copy and rename the WIN51 file as specified for your operating system. For each XP service pack
     installed, a separate file will be created. Follow the guidelines below :-

Windows XP Home -- no service packs: Copy and rename the file WIN51IC.

Windows XP Home, Service Pack 1: In addition to the file named WIN 51IC, copy and rename the WIN51 file "WIN51IC.SP1".

Windows XP Home, Service Pack 2: In addition to the files named WIN51IC and WIN51IC.SP1, copy and rename the WIN51 file "WIN51IC.SP2".

Windows XP Professional -- no service packs: Copy and rename the file WIN51IP.

Windows XP Professional, Service Pack 1: In addition to the file named WIN 51IP, copy and rename the WIN51 file "WIN51IP.SP1".

Windows XP Professional, Service Pack 2: In addition to the files named WIN51IP and WIN51IP.SP1, copy and rename the WIN51 file "WIN51IP.SP2".

9.  Copy all WIN51 files into the C:/XPSetup directory.

10.  Open the Easy CD Creator application and create a new CD project.

11.  Select "Burn" > "Bootable CD" from the top navigation menu.

12.  Change the Volume name for the new CD project according to the version of Windows XP:
Version - Label
Windows XP Home OEM - WXHOEM_EN
Windows XP Home SP 1 OEM - XRMHOEM_EN
Windows XP Home SP 1a and SP 2 OEM - X1AHOEM_EN
Windows XP Professional OEM - WXPOEM_EN
Windows XP Professional SP 1 OEM - XRMPOEM_EN
Windows XP Professional SP 1a and SP 2 OEM - X1APOEM_EN

13.  Copy all files below into the XPSetup directory to avoid re-activating Windows when the boot disk
      is used:
  C:\windows\system32\oembios.bin
  C:\windows\system32\oembios.dat
  C:\windows\system32\oembios.sig
  C:\windows\system32\CatRoot\{F750E6C3-38EE-11D1-85E5-00C04FC295EE}\oembios.cat

14.  Add the entire C:/XPSetup folder to the Easy CD Creator interface.

15.  Insert a blank CD and click "Burn". A bootable CD for Windows XP is created.

16.  Test the bootable CD. Shut down the computer with the CD in the CD burner. Start Windows XP
       and press the F12 key during startup. A list of boot options is provided. Select the "Boot from CD"
       option. The computer should boot up from the CD if all steps were properly performed.  


hope can be solved.