I have been trying to create an ISO to use in installing Windows on a VMware virtural machine. When I create the CD project with the bootable floppy image and save it as an ISO, the VM does not see the ISO as a bootable image. How do I do this in Easy CD creator?
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Creating an ISO from a bootable Windows CD
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, Apr 13 2010 12:47 PM
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Posted 13 April 2010 - 02:12 PM
If you burn your ISO to disc will your system boot on it, or is there something wrong with it?
i.e. Is your created ISO actually bootable, or is VMware telling you the truth?
i.e. Is your created ISO actually bootable, or is VMware telling you the truth?
Edited by Brendon, 13 April 2010 - 02:13 PM.
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Posted 13 April 2010 - 04:20 PM
On a CD, the CD boots, but I cannot access the Windows XP setup.exe file since that is NOT on the floppy drive that I used to create the bootable sector. So my problem still exists, I cannot create a bootable ISO to use to install XP on a VM.
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Posted 13 April 2010 - 04:33 PM
Yopu have two options to run it in a VM
1: a direct copy of the original installation disc itself
or
2: make a new bootable CD using nLite with service packs and patches slipstreamed in (available here)
1: a direct copy of the original installation disc itself
or
2: make a new bootable CD using nLite with service packs and patches slipstreamed in (available here)
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Posted 14 April 2010 - 09:30 AM
QUOTE (isjon @ Apr 13 2010, 08:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
On a CD, the CD boots, but I cannot access the Windows XP setup.exe file since that is NOT on the floppy drive that I used to create the bootable sector. So my problem still exists, I cannot create a bootable ISO to use to install XP on a VM.
It's been awhile since I've made a bootable CD, but my recollection is that if the CONFIG.SYS and Autoexec.bat files in the boot area loaded the drivers to access the CD drive, I could then access files outside of the boot image area on the CD (as a different drive letter).
Maybe that'll help?
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Posted 14 April 2010 - 03:40 PM
We have decided to use the XP with SP3 ISO downloaded from Microsoft's web site for our purposes.
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Posted 14 April 2010 - 05:14 PM
So you're set to go, and don't need further help from us ? 
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Posted 15 April 2010 - 08:03 AM
Not at this time. Thanks for all the suggestions.
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