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How to create a bootable Windows XP SP1 CD (Nero): 

Step 1 

Create 3 folders - C:\WINXPSP1, C:\SP1106 and C:\XPBOOT 

Step 2 

Copy the entire Windows XP CD into folder C:\WINXPSP1 

Step 3 

You will have to download the SP1 Update, which is 133MB. 

Rename the Service Pack file to XP-SP1.EXE 

Extract the Service Pack from the Run Dialog using the command: 

C:\XP-SP1.EXE -U -X:C:\SP1106 

Step 4 

Open Start/Run... and type the command: 

C:\SP1106\update\update.exe -s:C:\WINXPSP1 

Click OK 

Folder C:\WINXPSP1 contains: Windows XP SP1 

How to Create a Windows XP SP1 CD Bootable 

Step 1 

Download xpboot.zip 

Code: 

Code: 

http://thro.port5.com/xpboot.zip 

( no download manager !! ) 

Extract xpboot.zip file (xpboot.bin) in to the folder C:\XPBOOT 

Step 2 

Start Nero - Burning Rom. 

Select File > New... from the menu. 

1.) Select CD-ROM (Boot) 

2.) Select Image file from Source of boot image data 

3.) Set Kind of emulation: to No Emulation 

4.) Set Load segment of sectors (hex!): to 07C0 

5.) Set Number of loaded sectors: to 4 

6.) Press the Browse... button 

Step 3 

Select All Files (*.*) from File of type: 

Locate boot.bin in the folder C:\XPBOOT 

Step 4 

Click ISO tab 

Set File-/Directory length to ISO Level 1 (Max. of 11 = 8 + 3 chars) 

Set Format to Mode 1 

Set Character Set to ISO 9660 

Check all Relax ISO Restrictions 

Step 5 

Click Label Tab 

Select ISO9660 from the drop down box. 

Enter the Volume Label as WB2PFRE_EN 

Enter the System Identifier as WB2PFRE_EN 

Enter the Volume Set as WB2PFRE_EN 

Enter the Publisher as MICROSOFT CORPORATION 

Enter the Data Preparer as MICROSOFT CORPORATION 

Enter the Application as WB2PFRE_EN 

* For Windows XP Professional OEM substitute WB2PFRE_EN with WXPOEM_EN 

* For Windows XP Home OEM substitute WB2PFRE_EN with WXHOEM_EN 

Step 6 

Click Burn tab 

Check Write 

Check Finalize CD (No further writing possible!) 

Set Write Method to Disk-At-Once 

Press New button 

Step 7 

Locate the folder C:\WINXPSP1 

Select everything in the folder and drag it to the ISO compilation panel. 

Click the Write CD Dialog button. 

Press Write 

You're done. 

 To burn a bin file, you will need an appropriate cue file.

You do exactly the same as for iso files, but when you click on “burn image,” you don’t browse to the bin itself, but instead to the cue file, and you open that one.

When the writer starts to burn, it will automatically search for the bin file and start burning it. In fact, the cue file tells the burning program where it can find the bin file that is attached to it. It is VERY IMPORTANT that you use the right cue file when you burn a bin. i.e both cue and bin files that are attached to each other must be located in the same folder, and every bin file has it’s own cue file.

Normally, when you download a bin file, you can download the appropriate cue file as well. If you do not have the cue file (or feel bold) you can make the cue file yourself, which is really easy to do:

a. Open notepad

b. Copy the folowing text into notepad:

FILE“nameofimage“BINARY

TRACK 01 MODE1/2352

INDEX 01 00:00:00

Where nameofimage.bin is the name of the bin file you want ot burn.

c. The rest is easy: just save the notepad text with the name of the bin, but with the cue extension.

d. The file should be saved in the same folder as its appropriate bin file and should be something like myfile.cue

Or you can use Alcohol 120% to burn directly from the bin file