Make bootable iso from student d/l

Thanks for the guide SIW2

I managed to create the iso and it booted fine in my laptop and on a virtual system (virtualbox) :)

SIW,

Just made an account to tell you i tried your method and the iso produced SAYS 'bootable' in imgburn. Am burning now and will let you know if it boots properly.

ApolloX said:

The only way I can see of doing a clean install with this crap download would be to put windows on a different drive than the computer is booted off. The 'custom' option does allow this, but will not let you wipe the current drive and settings.

Just to verify as this will save me some time:

If I run the install executable from my second hard drive, F for example, I can do a clean install to the C drive?

Thanks for the updates , beggarsu and linger - appreciated.

Please keep posting the results.

SIW2 said:

Thanks for the updates , beggarsu and linger - appreciated.

Please keep posting the results.

SIW2,

Thank you SO MUCH! Burned DVD using your method booted up fine and looks to be working.

Thanks again! :)

I am using Windows XP and I do not find this CMD prompt to work. I changed it according to my OS.

oscdimg -bC:\DocumentsandSettings\USERNAME\Desktop\expandedSetup\boot\etfsboot.com -h -u2 -m -lWIN_EN_DVD C:\DocumentsandSettings\USERNAME\Desktop\expandedSetup\ C:\7.iso

And it gives me this error

Error: Could not open Boot Sector File "C:\DocumentsandSettings\USERNAME\Desktop\expandedSetup\boot\etfsboot.com"
Error 3: The system cannot find the path specified.

I think it would be easier for users to move the expandedSetup folder and the oscdimg.exe file to the root drive so C:\expandedSetup instead of the user's directory "C:\Documents and Settings\username"... etc to avoid the headaches of typing the correct path.

s1nrgy said:

I am using Windows XP and I do not find this CMD prompt to work. I changed it according to my OS.

oscdimg -bC:\DocumentsandSettings\USERNAME\Desktop\expandedSetup\boot\etfsboot.com -h -u2 -m -lWIN_EN_DVD C:\DocumentsandSettings\USERNAME\Desktop\expandedSetup\ C:\7.iso

And it gives me this error

Error: Could not open Boot Sector File "C:\DocumentsandSettings\USERNAME\Desktop\expandedSetup\boot\etfsboot.com"
Error 3: The system cannot find the path specified.

I believe you're supposed to replace USERNAME with your own username you use to login.

I moved my expandedSetup folder into something easy to remember before I ran his commands (like C:\expandedSetup).

I did replace it. I just didnt wanna put my username in public lol.

i am using XP and right wen it finishes unpacking i get an error saying unavailable patch or something