Creating bootable Windows 2000/XP/2003 Disc (Easy CD and DVD Creator 6) (Window...

Page 1 of 9

Make Homepage | Add To Favorites | Print Page | Submit News | Feedback | Contact | Your Technical Computer Information Resource!

Search Technical News

Go!

Home | Services | Software | Technical News | Reviews | Articles | Forums | Shop | Link to Us | About Us Microsoft Products Acronis Bootable

Order Microsoft online or Call us at 800-814- All-in-One System Boot Manager Install Over 100 OS - Free Trial 5410

Keep TACKtech.com free by purchasing something from our sponsors.

Creating bootable Windows 2000/XP/2003 Disc (Easy CD and DVD Creator 6)

Return to Home | Articles | Software | Printer Friendly | Discuss in Forums TACKtech Corp. > Articles > Software > Windows 2000/XP/2003 Creating bootable Windows 2000/XP/2003 Disc (Easy CD and DVD Creator 6) (TTID #311) Author: TACKtech Team Views: 113,813 / Created: February 7, 2004

Featured Articles
Additional Articles Slipstreaming Windows 2000 /XP SP1,SP1a,SP2 /Server 2003 SP1 Installing SATA Drivers without a Floppy Disk Creating bootable Windows 2000/XP/2003 Disc (Nero 6) Creating bootable Windows 2000/XP/2003 Disc (CDBurnerXP 3) Known Windows XP SP2 CD Labels Change Windows Vista Boot Screen (No GUI Boot) Hard Drive Diagnostics Tools and Utilities

Note: Roxio Easy CD and DVD Creator 6 6.1.1.7 was using in this example. - Visit Roxio

To slipsteam an OS: -View Slipstreaming Windows 2000 /XP SP1,SP1a,SP2 /Server 2003 SP1 (TTID #295) If you encounter any problems: - View Slipstreaming and Bootable Disc FAQ's (TTID #313)

Preparation
Note: Skip this section if you have slipstreamed your OS using TTID #295. The following items are required:
A copy of the original Windows CD/DVD or ISO. A copy of the Boot Files (Downloaded Below). A minimum of 1GB available hard disk space for CD's.

Quick Links
Hardware Manufacturers Software Manufacturers MS Security Bulletins Microsoft PressPass Software Articles Networking Dictionary Our Computers FCC ID # Lookup Search the Web WhoIs Search

A minimum of 5GB available hard disk space for DVD's. Create a folder called OS on your hard drive (C: is used in this example). In this folder create two sub-folder called BOOT, and ROOT.

Top Affiliates
Additional Affiliates CFMonster Corp. Michigan Appraisers Roger Ebert Review Hardware Depot Online All About Electronics Absolutely Woman Copy the entire Windows 2000/XP/2003 CD (or extract the ISO) into folder ROOT. 4peeps.com BootDisk.com Efreesky Software EfreeSoft ET Planet

Boot Files
Note: This section is required.

http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=311

7/17/2007

Creating bootable Windows 2000/XP/2003 Disc (Easy CD and DVD Creator 6) (Window... Page 2 of 9

Extreme Reviews 1.) Download boot file. (bootfiles.zip ~1.07KB) 2.) Extract the BootSector file (boot.ima) from bootfiles.zip into the folder C:\OS\BOOT SkinnyMix! ....

Using Easy CD and DVD Creator 6

Note: Links to regarding Easy CD and DVD Creator 6 are found at the top of this article. Start Easy CD and DVD Creator 6. Select File > New Project > Bootable Disc from the menu.

1.) 2.) 3.) 4.) 5.)

Set Bootable Disc Type: to No Emulation. Click the << Advanced button. Set Load Segment: to 0x000. Set Sector Count: to 4. Press the Browse ... button.

Locate the BootSector file (boot.ima) in the folder C:\OS\BOOT. Click the Open button.

http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=311

7/17/2007

Creating bootable Windows 2000/XP/2003 Disc (Easy CD and DVD Creator 6) (Window... Page 3 of 9

Click the OK button.

Select File > Project Properties from the menu.

http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=311

7/17/2007

Creating bootable Windows 2000/XP/2003 Disc (Easy CD and DVD Creator 6) (Window... Page 4 of 9

Enter in the Volume Label: View View View View View View View Windows Windows Windows Windows Windows Windows Windows 2000 CD Labels (TTID# 269) XP SP0 CD Labels (TTID#226) XP SP1 CD Labels (TTID#283) XP SP1a CD Labels (TTID#312) XP SP2 CD Labels (TTID#342) 2003 Server RTM CD Labels (TTID#292) 2003 Server SP1 CD Labels (TTID#355)

Set the File System to Joliet. Set the Physical format of CD to Mode 1: CDROM.

Click the Advanced tab.

http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=311

7/17/2007

Creating bootable Windows 2000/XP/2003 Disc (Easy CD and DVD Creator 6) (Window... Page 5 of 9

Enter MICROSOFT_CORPORATION in the Publisher Name:, and Prepared By:. Select Use original file date.

Click the File Filter tab. Select All Files. Uncheck Do not add Hidden files. Uncheck Do not add System files. Click the OK button.

http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=311

7/17/2007

Creating bootable Windows 2000/XP/2003 Disc (Easy CD and DVD Creator 6) (Window... Page 6 of 9

Select all files and folders in the C:\OS\ROOT folder. Note: Some files are not show in the following image. Click the Add to project button. Click the Burn to disc button.

http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=311

7/17/2007

Creating bootable Windows 2000/XP/2003 Disc (Easy CD and DVD Creator 6) (Window... Page 7 of 9

Select Record CD under Record Options. Select Disc-at-Once under Record Methods. Click OK button.

http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=311

7/17/2007

Creating bootable Windows 2000/XP/2003 Disc (Easy CD and DVD Creator 6) (Window... Page 8 of 9

Wait for CD creation to finish. Click the OK button.

Process complete. You're done.

Digg

del.icio.us

Furl

Google Bookmarks

Yahoo! MyWeb

AddThis Bookmark

Revision History: 02.02.2004 - Converted Article for version Easy CD and DVD Creator 6. - Kevin 06.30.2004 - Updated to Windows 2003 Server. - Kevin 05.28.2005 - Added link to Windows 2003 Server SP1 CD Volume Labels. - Kevin

http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=311

7/17/2007

Creating bootable Windows 2000/XP/2003 Disc (Easy CD and DVD Creator 6) (Window... Page 9 of 9

06.20.2007 - Update Article format and images. - Kevin

Copyright 2007 TACKtech Corp. All Rights Reserved. | Running: 02.08.2000-07.17.2007

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.0.3705; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; Media Center PC 4.0)

http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=311

7/17/2007