copying winxp installation CD

Is it possible to do the above and burn it to a CD. Will it be bootable? Not
that I am going to do it.

DL
Tue May 27 03:29:27 PDT 2008

Yes, Yes
Why not ?, its simply a backup & is perfectly OK

"OR" <oeivinr@online.no> wrote in message
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> Is it possible to do the above and burn it to a CD. Will it be bootable?
> Not that I am going to do it.
>

kim
Tue May 27 05:45:24 PDT 2008

Yes, I always do it and keep the original in a safe place and use the copy.

"DL" <address@invalid> wrote in message
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> Yes, Yes
> Why not ?, its simply a backup & is perfectly OK
>
> "OR" <oeivinr@online.no> wrote in message
> news:eXatpr7vIHA.576@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> Is it possible to do the above and burn it to a CD. Will it be bootable?
>> Not that I am going to do it.
>>
>
>

Patrick
Tue May 27 11:02:09 PDT 2008

"OR" <oeivinr@online.no> wrote in message
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> Is it possible to do the above and burn it to a CD. Will it be bootable?
> Not that I am going to do it.

Yes, you can absolutely do this, and it's a good idea for backup purposes.

Simply copying the files off into a folder and then onto a CD, however, will
NOT result in a bootable CD.; it won't put the boot files where they need to
go.

Most, but not all, CD burning software can do disk copying, and that's the
way to do this.

While you're at it, download Autostreamer and the latest service pack, and
make an updated, slipstreamed copy of your install CD. This will be very
handy in case of reinstalls.

Note that some OEM CDs that have other updates applied will fail
slipstreaming.

HTH
-pk