bootable CD images download

here is my situation: I have no floppy-drive I have two fat32 partitions but none of them can be booted from I have no win9x cd to boot from. I need to make a bootable CD, and have looked around the net for how to make it, but all of them requ...




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#58229 - 10/23/00 07:43 PM bootable CD images download
Gambler FEX online Offline
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here is my situation:
I have no floppy-drive
I have two fat32 partitions but none of them can be booted from
I have no win9x cd to boot from.

I need to make a bootable CD, and have looked around the net for how to make it, but all of them requires me to first make a bootable floppy disk then create that as an image.

But I dont have any floppy disk, is there anywhere I can download such an image?

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#58230 - 10/24/00 12:58 AM Re: bootable CD images download
CrazyKillerMan Offline
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....a floppy is like $10 man, get a used on for a quarter.

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#58231 - 10/24/00 04:17 AM Re: bootable CD images download
Spastic Computer Guru Offline
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CrazyKiller is right, a brand new floppy drive is about 10$ at any PC place, if you do not have a computer store near you then you can go to Walmart and pay 15$ for one. Problem is then solved.

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#58232 - 10/24/00 09:23 AM Re: bootable CD images download
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Oh yeah, I have a floppy drive all right, but it dont work in my PC. So since I'm using CD-RWin I thought I could just download what it needs to make a boot CD, a boot-disk image that is.

In advanced options in wants such an image, anyone know where I can get it?

I can use norton utilities to build it, but I dont have a floppy disk, nor do I have a copy of norton utilities! frown

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#58233 - 10/24/00 01:18 PM Re: bootable CD images download
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#58234 - 10/24/00 01:28 PM Re: bootable CD images download
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I already tried that site, and all I found was a "windows ME disk image" I tried this one with CDRwin but it didn't boot from the CD frown

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#58235 - 10/24/00 06:18 PM Re: bootable CD images download
ThC 129 Offline
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try using the boottable for w2k CDs off one of those sites that tells you how to make a bootable win2k CD. Otherwise if anyone knows how to extract the bootsector off a win98 CD i will do that and send you a copy.

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#58236 - 10/24/00 06:53 PM Re: bootable CD images download
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Gambler FEX online you best beat is to get floopy drive there no work around for this sorry bud but what your asking can't not be done.

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#58237 - 10/25/00 04:09 AM Re: bootable CD images download
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You can do it man, but i tried looking for the exact same thing so i could burn a bootable copy of my Win98SE cd, i never found anything i was looking for nor was i able to get it to work, buy a floppy for god's sake man.

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#58238 - 10/25/00 07:59 PM Re: bootable CD images download
Vampyr Offline
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Heres a real simple quick fix. Borrow a BOOTABLE copy of WinXX from a friend.

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#58239 - 10/26/00 03:11 AM Re: bootable CD images download
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Here is what u need and then some
This will allow you to make a bootable win2k cd but you could just use the boot image and put on whatever the hell you want. http://www.angelfire.com/de2/w2kcd/

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#58240 - 10/26/00 04:35 AM Re: bootable CD images download
SHS Offline
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Four and Twenty that only work for Win2000 not Win9x

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#58241 - 10/26/00 04:41 PM Re: bootable CD images download
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SHS is right, I need a win9x (dos ) boot system, so I can access DOS and install win98. win98 refuses to install from any NT OS

I have CDR Win, it can make me a bootable CD if I give it a "boot image" I am now searching for sucha "boot image" on the net, based on win9x.

I can make it myself with norton utilities but only if I have a floppy frown

So what I am looking for is a boot image for CD-Rwin to burn., furthwermore I had a win98se CD original but I borrowed it away and haven't got it back yet, it booted fine into DOS or win98se Setup, just what I needed.

No, my computer wont have anything to do with a floppy drive it wont boot if I plug one in, yes I have tried different kables, floppy drives, different ways of attaching cable etc no go only way out is bootable CD!

I wanto play games again my SB LIVe! dont work in my SMP system, only crackles frown

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#58242 - 10/27/00 12:43 AM Re: bootable CD images download
Vampyr Offline
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ICQ me and i'll send you an ISO Win9x Boot Image.

ICQ # 19901838

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