Read the directions at the link I sent you in the last post. You need to 
copy the folder onto your hard drive not onto a CD.

When you say you got your original CD out, is it a Windows XP install 
CD? If so, I don't understand why you needed to create a new one.

Later, Ray Parrish

[log in to unmask] wrote:
> Hi There  ---
> Although I did not need to  have a bootable disk since I have the original 
> XP, I thought I would copy that  folder like you said.  But I couldn't find it 
> any where... no matter where  I looked - even in Search.  So I got my Original 
> CD out and it was on that  CD, yet it never showed up any where in this 
> computer.  I copied that 1386  folder, thinking I could make a copy -- stuck a blank 
> CD in there, and MS  wouldn't let me copy the folder.  Is there any other way 
> I can make a copy  of it since it's not in this computer but only on that CD. 
>   Harriet
>  
>  
> Hello,
>
> If you have the i386 folder on your hard drive you  can create a new 
> bootable install CD for Windows XP. Just follow the  directions here:  
> http://www.howtohaven.com/system/createwindowssetupdisk.shtml
>
> On his  page he states that the i386 folder must be in the root of your C 
> drive, but  on my system I found it in the Windows folder so that may be 
> where yours is  too.
>
> I hope this helps you out.
>
> Later, Ray Parrish
>
> Peter  Ekkerman wrote:
>   
>> : .....but unfortunately I do not have an XP install  disk because I 
>> bought my computer second  hand."
>>     
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