That won't work you need to use a program called nlite nliteos.com

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On May 2, 2009, at 8:17 AM, Will Stephenson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hello all!
>
> I've been tearing my hair out over this one. I am trying to repair a  
> Dell
> laptop that has XP sp3 on it. Because the owner sent it to me from  
> Florida
> (I live in Maine), I did not get the Install CD. So I cleverly  
> thought to
> use a copy of Windows XP Home that I have to do a repair. Since the  
> Dell
> laptop has a SATA hard drive, the older XP CD can't find it. So,  
> since I've
> read many times about slipstreaming service packs, I decided to try  
> it.
> After many attempts to do it right, I have a folder on my hard drive  
> with
> the updated XP sp3 all ready to roll!
>
> My problem, I think, is that I can't make a bootable CD that starts  
> XP setup
> from boot time. I have tried including the Microsoft corporation.img  
> file
> from the XP original cd as the image file (from the Paul Thurrott's  
> Super
> site (http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_sp2_slipstream.asp 
> ) and
> just get a Code 4 error(?) when using the cd to boot the laptop. I  
> turned
> the slipstream folder into an .iso file and burned it to a cd - No  
> operating
> system found.
>
> I have been doing the "bootable" burn with Roxio Creator DE, which I  
> am
> thinking might be my problem. Nero has been suggested by the above  
> mentioned
> site, but I don't wish to buy it and Nero always seems to invade my
> computers too deeply. Am I being too paranoid?
>
> Does anyone have any ideas, or programs that would burn this CD  
> correctly?
> Thank you for your time and thought on this.
>
> Best, Will
>
> Will Stephenson
> Acadia Technologies Inc
> mailto:[log in to unmask]
>
> "Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored." -- Aldous  
> Huxley
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