Windows XP: Corporate Edition CD (full version) is NOT bootable! WHY?

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Posted by ali92 on Oct-07-2002 08:34:

Windows XP: Corporate Edition CD (full version) is NOT bootable! WHY?

My friend tried to install this onto his PC which has NO OS on it and I figured that since it is the full version of an OS, it HAS to be bootable. But, NOOOOOOOO it's not! I didn't know because I have the same CD and since when I installed it, I had WinME, I didn't have to deal with this problem. How can he install WinXP Corp. WITHOUT installing an older version of Windows before attempting to install XP? Here's the contents of the root directory of the CD:

Folders:
DOCS
I386
SUPPORT
VALUEADD

Files:
SETUP.EXE
WIN51
WIN51IP
README.HTM
AUTORUN.INF

What can he do here? Thanks if anyone knows...

Posted by trancaholic on Oct-07-2002 08:42:

Have your friend succeeded in booting from other CDs? Maybe he need to set up the boot sequence in his BIOS settings?

Posted by Trance-Canada on Oct-07-2002 08:50:

that must just be the upgrade version... but what u can do it download boot disc's from microsoft web site... you'll need 6 3 1/2 floppys just do a search on Windows XP boots disk you'll find.

Posted by Fir3start3r on Oct-07-2002 10:30:

So what we're assuming that the computer is not set to boot from the CD ROM (set in BIOS as mentioned above)?

Can you read the CD from DOS after bootup? (or is DOS even there?)

I know on the Windows2000 CD there is a utility called Makeboot.exe that will create floppy setup disks in case your CD ROM is not bootable. T-C says 6 floppies...

If nothing is on the CD then use this
http://www.pureperformance.com/js/showtip.asp?id=103

That should do it

Posted by DjChook on Oct-07-2002 10:56:

Guys its a known fact that winxp doesn't boot !

I use a release of WINXP CORP + SP1 already (kind of new)

Microsoft.Windows.XP.Corporate.Edition.SP1.Intergrated.PROPER-RFM

Its the only bootable version of WINXP i found, and by the way, it rocks !

Posted by montie on Oct-07-2002 11:04:

if it really is a full OS cd, then these guys are right. you have to set your friends BIOS so that it will boot to the CD. just boot up and hit f2 or del (depending on the motherboard) and go into your bootdevices and select the CD rom as the primary device. restart the computer and it should boot right into the setup program or you get a prompt that says press any key to boot from cd.
you can also boot from floopy disks. I don't know the command for windows XP, but as was stated earlier for win2k there is a makeboot command in the CD rom which will make the bootdisks.

Posted by ali92 on Oct-07-2002 19:59:

quote:
Originally posted by montie
if it really is a full OS cd, then these guys are right. you have to set your friends BIOS so that it will boot to the CD. just boot up and hit f2 or del (depending on the motherboard) and go into your bootdevices and select the CD rom as the primary device. restart the computer and it should boot right into the setup program or you get a prompt that says press any key to boot from cd.
you can also boot from floopy disks. I don't know the command for windows XP, but as was stated earlier for win2k there is a makeboot command in the CD rom which will make the bootdisks.

Making the BIOS boot from the CD first is the FIRST thing I did! I even did it BEFORE attempting to boot it with the CD in there! I heard of that 6 floppy method, in fact, I even have the program that creates the floppies! My GF is going to bring me Windows 98 (WHICH SHOULD BE BOOTABLE SINCE IT IS A FULL OS CD AND OTHER PEOPLE THAT I KNOW HAVE BOOTED WITH IT BEFORE) and I'm going to install taht onto his PC and then when I put WinXP in, select "New Installation". My question now is: WHY ISN'T WINDOWS XP BOOTABLE? Also, to the person who said "(or is DOS even there?)": No, there is NOTHING on his PC. His HDD was wiped by the BootIt NG DOS floppy disk program from http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/.

Posted by ali92 on Oct-07-2002 20:05:

Posted by ali92 on Oct-07-2002 20:09:

quote:
Originally posted by trancaholic
Have your friend succeeded in booting from other CDs? Maybe he need to set up the boot sequence in his BIOS settings?

Yes, Linux Mandrake 8.2: CD 1: Installation but, for that, there was NO graphics because his system is 350 MHz, 256 MB RAM and the minimum requirement is a i586...

Posted by TigerClaw on Oct-07-2002 20:33:

Hmm, if your cd wont boot at startup and you want to install XP from it, Heres an alternative, If you have the Win98 startup floppy disc, Put up with it and let it boot from floppy, Select to start the computer with the cd rom suport, After it loads, you will be able to acess the CD rom with the XP CD on it, Then create a folder on drive C: called I386, On the dos screen, Type md i386, It will create the folder I386 on the C: drive, Next you need to copy the I386 thats on the CD Rom to that folder you created, On the C: prompt, Type cd i386 and press enter, You will see this C:\I386, Once your in there, Go to the CD Rom, It could be drive D: E: or G: depending if you have any more harddrives around, For example, type D:\ and then press enter, You will be in the D: prompt, Now type cd i386 to bring up the D:\I386 prompt, From there, Type Copy *.* C:\I386 and then press enter, It will start copying on the files from the I386 from the CD Rom to the I386 folder on your harddrive, Once its done, Go back to the C: prompt by typing C:\ and press enter to go back to C:\I386, Once your in that folder on drive C: type winnt and it will run the setup to install XP and your set, Be sure to have the product key when it ask to type it in.

Posted by DjChook on Oct-07-2002 20:37:

quote:
Originally posted by ali92

What does the "Intergrated" and "PROPER" mean at the end?

Lol, Intergrated means that the cd installs SP1 (the improved xp) at the first install, not requiring any upgrades...

and proper, is the hacking group that made this release

Posted by netw3rkd on Oct-07-2002 21:10:

quote:
Originally posted by DjChook
and proper, is the hacking group that made this release

Posted by malek on Oct-07-2002 21:15:

quote:
Originally posted by DjChook
Guys its a known fact that winxp doesn't boot !

I use a release of WINXP CORP + SP1 already (kind of new)

Microsoft.Windows.XP.Corporate.Edition.SP1.Intergrated.PROPER-RFM

Its the only bootable version of WINXP i found, and by the way, it rocks !

your facts are wrong... don't tell people stuff you're not sure 100%. ALL windows XP cds are bootable unless someone copied the files from a winxp cd first then burned another cd with the files off the hard drive... (not bothering making the cd bootable as some lame warez groups)!

90% of the time a cd won't boot is because your boot order is bad, put the cdrom first, then hard disk. 9.9% your cdrom is way too old and doesn't have the booting feature, 0.1% the cd is bad and you should get a proper version.

And of none of this works, get yourself 4 floppies (i think) and make yourself a nice set of bootable disks off the winxp cd...

good luck!

Posted by Trance-Canada on Oct-07-2002 21:19:

complaning about youthing you didnt even buy lol... guess you get what you paid for

Posted by malek on Oct-07-2002 21:21:

proper ---> warez group

Bhahahahahahhahahaha yeah sure and Microsoft in Microsoft.Windows.XP.Corporate.Edition.SP1.Intergrated.PROPER-RFM
is a courrier group!

Proper means that the dumb group who released an iso first made some mistake and some other group (or the same) rereleased the same title with all the corrections.... hence the "proper"

Posted by yujie__ on Oct-07-2002 23:38:

i slipstream SP1 to XP Pro Corp, it is now XP Pro Corp + SP1 when i install and i dont need to activate it. then I created my own bootcd and it works perfectly

Posted by netw3rkd on Oct-08-2002 02:30:

quote:
Originally posted by ahlamalek
proper ---> warez group

Bhahahahahahhahahaha yeah sure and Microsoft in Microsoft.Windows.XP.Corporate.Edition.SP1.Intergrated.PROPER-RFM
is a courrier group!

Proper means that the dumb group who released an iso first made some mistake and some other group (or the same) rereleased the same title with all the corrections.... hence the "proper"

No man proper is the hacking group that hacked it to make it uber full for leechers to use

Posted by k.k.d. on Oct-08-2002 04:10:

That's why the good old release of Devil's Own Corp Edition is still the best version of XP...

Posted by ali92 on Oct-08-2002 19:44:

quote:
Originally posted by k.k.d.
That's why the good old release of Devil's Own Corp Edition is still the best version of XP...

Does that one boot? Does all releases have the same serial number? I don't want to give out the SN here but mods, if it's not safe to tell on here that it begins with "FCKGW", just edit it out or tell me to edit it out...

Posted by malek on Oct-08-2002 19:47:

just type FCKGW in google and you'll have your answer hahahah

Posted by netw3rkd on Oct-08-2002 20:12:

Ali tell your 'friend' to go buy it rather then attempting to get his ISO version working.

Posted by yujie__ on Oct-08-2002 20:28:

i dont use FCKGW for my XP Pro Corp. I used some blue list key