![]() To be able to achieve this, first you need to run FM -> click View from the File menu -> click "By File Type" -> check *all* boxes including the "Show Hidden/System files" box -> click OK or hit Enter.īOOT.INI does not exist by default on Windows setup CD-ROMs/DVD-ROMs, it is created upon install with custom parameters for each specific boot Windows drive/partition/folder. is to use good ol' File Manager 32-bit (see the FM guide for details), modded to work properly with all WinNTx OSes. Another solution, without modifying any of those "factory" defaults. Windows Explorer/My Computer interface -> Tools -> Folder Options -> View tab -> check the box "Hidden files and folders" -> uncheck the box "Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)" -> confirm said actions in all nag dialog boxes -> Apply/OK.Ģ. This "glitch" can be easily corrected thou.ġ. If using Windows Explorer (or similar file management tools using shell32.dll APIs) to "see" hidden/system files, you won't, the Windows XP "factory" defaults are such that System files folders are hidden so the user won't be able to alter/move/delete them "by accident". I have also disabled System Restore which gives you a lot of extra disk space. With this system, I have never had to re-install the Operating System. Make a boot CD with BartPE along with Macrium Reflect. I use Macrium Reflect and make a new image at least once a week. My recommendation is to get a second drive to be used as a backup for programs and storing disk images. I would appreciate any help you might be able to offer. Neither has anything I recognize as a boot process but of course the original is bootable. I examined the root folder of the original and the copy and have attached the images. I followed Method Two in SevenForums using nLite to build the ISO file and to burn the CD. I'm trying to make a bootable setup CD from my original XP CD in which I slipstreamed SP3 and SATA drivers. But I'm lost in XP and way lost in Windows 7. I'm from DOS days and booting was fairly straightforward. What do the CD boot files look like in XP? I've seen references (even in Microsoft documents) to BOOT.INI but I haven't found it on my original SP Pro SP1 CD which is bootable. You need to extract the bootsector from your original bootable CD and provide it to the burning app.Ī suitable tool is, besides the already cited ones, Bart's BBIE: bootsector is NOT a "file", just like you don't see (unless you use an hex/disk editor) the bootsector of a partition or of a floppy.(MBR->)boosector->SETUPLDR.BIN->NTDETECT.COM->*.SIF->rest of installīootsector->\I386\bootfix.bin->\I386\SETUPLDR.BIN->\I386\NTDETECT.COM->*.SIF->rest of install (MBR ->)bootsector->NTLDR->BOOT.INI->NTDETECT.COM->rest of XP \I386\SETUPLDR.BIN (the actual "boot file").\I386\bootfix.bin (the thing that shows on screen "press any key to boot from CD".It uses a bootsector that is 2048 bytes in size, sometimes called "Arnes Boot Record" or "Microsoft Corporation.img". The XP CD is a no-emulation El-Torito Boot CD. There is NO "boot file" written to the bootsector.Ī bootsector is written to the bootsector. Windows explorer doesn't see boot sectors. ![]() The reason you don't see any boot files is because they are written to the boot sector. ![]()
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