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re: missing files
Thursday, March 10, 2005 at 2:28 pm
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Posted by J. (17 messages posted)

I'm using nero express 6.2, and I can't find this boot tab or iso tab that you speak of. help me out a little more please! I really need it!

On Sunday, February 13, 2005 at 10:17 am, Mike L wrote:
>Since nobody has yet to spell it out step-by-step how to solve this issue, this is
>exactly what I did, and the CD I created works perfectly.
>
>To resolve this failure, perform the following steps:
>
>1. Copy the entire contents of the Windows XP SPx CD to a folder on your hard drive.
>2. Using a program like IsoBuster, extract the boot image from the XP cd. (or download
>it here http://pchelplive.com/xp.img)
>3. Open your CD burning software and create a new bootable CD. In this example I
>am using Nero 6.x.
>4. Under the Boot tab, select the boot image file (xp.img) and uncheck the “Enable
>Expert Settings” option.
>5. Under the ISO tab choose the settings as follows:
>
>Data Mode: Mode 1
>File System: ISO9660 only
>File Name Length: Max of 11 = 8 + 3 chars (Level 1)
>Character Set: DOS
>Select “Allow path depth of more than 8 directories”
>Select “Allow more than 255 characters in a path”
>Select “Do not add the ‘;1’ ISO file version extension”
>
>6. Under the Label tab ensure that the title of the CD matches exactly with the original
>CD. (Example: WXPCCP_EN)
>7. Leave all other settings at their default value and click New.
>8. Drag-n-drop all of the files from the folder where you copied the xp cd to into
>the project.
>9. Burn away.
>
>The critical setting is the Character Set. The default value for most CD burning
>software is the ISO9660 character format. This is what causes the read errors.
>The characters of ‘~’ and ‘-‘ have a different hex value in ISO9660 than DOS.
>
>Thanks!!!
>
>Mike
>http://www.pchelplive.com

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re: missing files (Mike L: Sunday, February 13, 2005 at 10:17 am)

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re: missing files (Mike L: Thursday, March 10, 2005 at 3:29 pm)

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re: missing files (Chris: Wed, Nov 27, 2002, 6:23 pm)

re: missing files (Frodo Baggins: Sat, Jan 4, 2003, 9:51 pm)

re: missing files (ans) (Tejas: Mon, Jan 13, 2003, 10:28 am)

re: missing files (ans) (neo4s: Mon, Jan 13, 2003, 11:25 pm)

re: missing files (ans) (Bobby: Mon, Aug 18, 2003, 12:15 pm)

re: missing files (ans) (Gerardo Ponce: Tue, Oct 21, 2003, 7:58 am)

re: missing files (Dave: Sat, May 17, 2003, 5:52 am)

re: missing files (ekoo: Wed, May 28, 2003, 8:12 am)

setup wizard (Daniel O'Leary: Mon, May 12, 2008, 9:45 am)

re: setup wizard (666: Mon, May 12, 2008, 11:14 am)

re: missing files (TRicK [BZ]: Wed, May 21, 2003, 5:02 am)

re: missing files (Erno Boer: Fri, Aug 22, 2003, 6:39 am)

re: missing files SOLUTION (perez: Thu, Jun 5, 2003, 12:31 pm)

re: missing files SOLUTION (Fabrice Poltoratzky: Wed, Jul 2, 2003, 9:04 am)

re: missing files SOLUTION (charles: Sat, Jul 19, 2003, 8:14 am)

re: missing files SOLUTION (Breino: Tue, Jul 29, 2003, 12:35 pm)

re: missing files SOLUTION (matthew ford: Wed, Aug 13, 2003, 1:23 am)

re: missing files SOLUTION (gchamby: Tue, Sep 23, 2003, 12:37 pm)

re: missing files SOLUTION (Larry: Sun, Aug 15, 2004, 6:24 pm)

re: missing files SOLUTION (J.: Sun, Mar 6, 2005, 4:47 pm)

re: missing files SOLUTION (Mike L: Sun, Mar 6, 2005, 5:00 pm)

re: missing files SOLUTION (^curious^boy: Sat, Sep 13, 2003, 6:09 am)

re: missing files SOLUTION (Don Ramsey: Sat, Apr 3, 2004, 3:05 pm)

re: missing files SOLUTION (imma: Mon, Apr 5, 2004, 8:25 am)

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re: missing files (mike: Sun, Feb 15, 2004, 7:51 am)

re: missing files (Wesley Tan: Sat, Apr 10, 2004, 2:27 am)

re: missing files (cold: Wed, Jul 14, 2004, 12:09 pm)

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re: XP Install Missing Files: Boot Process (w chung: Wed, Aug 27, 2008, 9:15 am)

re: XP Install Missing Files: Correct Fix (scott: Sun, Jan 9, 2005, 3:24 am)

re: missing files (Joel Thayer: Thu, Jan 20, 2005, 5:30 am)

re: missing files - mine was hardware (Tom Anshultz: Fri, Jan 28, 2005, 2:15 pm)

What XP version? Mine was corporate pro (Bri: Sat, Jan 29, 2005, 7:23 am)

re: missing files (Joel Thayer: Mon, Jan 31, 2005, 5:58 am)

re: missing files (mitsumi19: Thu, Feb 10, 2005, 5:37 pm)

re: missing files (Mike L: Sun, Feb 13, 2005, 10:17 am)

re: missing files (J.: Thu, Mar 10, 2005, 2:28 pm)

re: missing files (Mike L: Thu, Mar 10, 2005, 3:29 pm)

re: missing files (J.: Thu, Mar 10, 2005, 9:07 pm)

re: missing files (J.: Fri, Mar 11, 2005, 11:00 am)

re: missing files (Bart: Mon, Mar 19, 2007, 11:19 pm)

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re: missing files (Bart: Mon, Mar 19, 2007, 11:50 pm)

re: missing files (Stephen G: Sun, Jul 22, 2007, 10:48 am)

re: missing files (m: Sun, Oct 3, 2004, 5:46 pm)

re: missing files (mavr: Thu, Nov 11, 2004, 1:05 am)

re: missing files (fank: Tue, Nov 16, 2004, 6:02 pm)

I READ the whole thread and this post was the most (Bri: Mon, Jan 17, 2005, 10:24 am)

re: I READ the whole thread and this post was the most (666: Thu, Mar 10, 2005, 10:57 pm)

re: missing files (TBone: Tue, Jul 12, 2005, 1:47 pm)

re: missing files (Jamie: Sat, Aug 6, 2005, 7:03 am)

re: missing files (John: Tue, Oct 18, 2005, 8:45 am)

re: missing files (John: Thu, Oct 20, 2005, 9:38 am)

re: missing files (Joe Whitehead: Sat, Nov 26, 2005, 11:50 pm)

The final fix! (SyreneD: Fri, Dec 2, 2005, 2:50 pm)

Yeah, those are the causes of failure (Joe Whitehead: Fri, Dec 2, 2005, 6:26 pm)

A simple but important tip (kp1981: Tue, Feb 28, 2006, 6:35 pm)

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re: missing files/ solution ...hmm? (stavros: Thu, Jul 27, 2006, 8:07 am)

re: missing files (M Coffey: Wed, Mar 23, 2005, 11:47 am)

re: missing files (Michael: Mon, Mar 28, 2005, 10:18 pm)

re: missing files - found a good solution (Odie: Wed, Mar 30, 2005, 2:56 am)

re: missing files (TDPepper: Mon, May 22, 2006, 4:19 pm)

re: missing files (Larry Crowell: Tue, Feb 6, 2007, 8:12 am)

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