DVD image from MSDN seems to only work if XP is already on system

[Guest]

I seem to be having some difficulty getting the DVD image I downloaded from
MSDN to boot on a system without an o/s already on it...they'll work on a
system with XP already on it but won't otherwise...am I missing something
obvious here???

-tia

 

[Jane C]

The MSDN image is a full retail version so it should work. Have made sure
that the BIOS of the pc in question is set to boot first from DVD?

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

The .ISO image is not bootable. Please see the following:

Read the instructions on the MSDN subscriber home page web site
titled: "What is an ISO CD image?"
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx


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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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I seem to be having some difficulty getting the DVD image I downloaded from
MSDN to boot on a system without an o/s already on it...they'll work on a
system with XP already on it but won't otherwise...am I missing something
obvious here???

-tia

 

[Guest]

hmmm...my writer is lying then...it seems to think it's bootable when i write
it...

 

[Guest]

What software are you using to burn the DVD? the link the other person gave
gives the basics. In Roxio, using Creator Classic, you 'create a disk from
an image', you don't really choose 'make a bootable CD', creating it from the
downloaded image makes it bootable because of the content of the image.

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

I used "burn image to disc" with Roxio and did not have to do anything else.
The resulting dvd booted all my computers just fine.