Hi Ben, One thing to be sure of, these are pre-made ISO images. You DO NOT make a cd from the file as if you were putting photos or music on it, you must tell your CD writing software to burn a CD from an ISO image. For example, in Nero, you have to select "Recorder -> Burn Image" (this is for Nero 6 which is a little old, but newer versions are probably similar.). I am not sure how (or even if you can) do the same thing with the built-in CD writing in XP and newer, you will need third party burning software. Russ Poffenberger [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: PCSOFT - Personal Computer software discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ben Polinger Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 7:22 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [PCSOFT] Downloading Functionable cd's from freePctechsupport.com I can't make the CD's I downloaded, bootable cd's from freepctechsupport. These CD's I got won't boot my XP systems. Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong. PCSOFT maintains many useful files for download visit our download web page at: http://freepctech.com/downloads.shtml PCSOFT maintains many useful files for download visit our download web page at: http://freepctech.com/downloads.shtml