| Ok.... You are stuck at home on the weekend and you want to burn some ISO's to cd's and you want to make them bootable... I don't know maybe you want to install windows 7 or windows 2003 standard. Hey, it could happen. Ok... Now you are ready to burn... and you are like... ok... lets go use my cd burner xp or some other iso burner... and its all cool... Ok after killing 20 dvd's and 10 cds I can tell you what to not do and what to do... Oh did I mention I did this in 48 hours... yes... I am a sick bastard... ok... now here are your steps... |
| step 1. Install virtual pc... Just do it... then |
| step 2. Now for the then... Ok you next step
is to install an os in virtual pc so you are used to it... follow these
examples
and you will understand. Step 3. Now that you understand how to work virtual pc. Create an os and call it test. When the black screen comes up select CD and capture ISO... If your ISO is built ok... then everything should work if not then it will fail. Now you are wondering why is he telling me this after having me test a bunch of OS installs on Virtual PC. Simple, the time will come for you as it did for me that you will need to create a bootable cd and you will have done everything and the fool just wont boot. Its simpler to test your ISO in virtual pc than to go through 30 dvds... and yes the number did go up... I did that for dramatic effect... hold... while I put my eyes back in there sockets... ok... there... all done... Step 4. Now that you have a test bed for your ISO... Here is what you need to build a bootable ISO. The program you want to make into an iso and the boot file. Follow this tutorial on how to create a bootable cd. Ok Now that you know how to do it... lets download cdburner xp and make one... After you make it then you test it in virtual pc... if you got errors then the crap isn't working. By the way, you can use a program called magicdisc or you can use powerISO to mount an ISO on a virtual drive. Step 5. Ok now that you have done lots of testing and your bootable iso is working... now for the easy part... its only easy if you have this program. Its called ISO recorder. I know what you are thinking... no problem... I can find this online and do a great job... Wrong... if you search for this online... you will find a program thats called ISO recorder which should be called crap in the box recorder... just follow my link... TADA Step 6. At this point make sure you have a blank cd/dvd of the right length, instert it and then find your ISO right click on it and click "copy image to CD/DVD" and you are done... or you can mount the image and then use "copy cd to cd" this generally works better If you use roxio or nero or cd burner xp or anybody else... you have to do some serious crap adjustements... with ISO recorder its just point and shoot.... Sometimes Microsoft does good... I found the right ISO recorder while looking for Dreamspark.... and thats another story... |
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