How does a Windows XP, ME cdrom boot without a boot.bin file?

[techs]

I was going to make .iso images of a winxp and winme discs using Ez Cd creator 5 and write the epanded image to a cd-r. When I did it it contained all the files I could see, yet it was not a bootable cd. I noticed that on other bootable cd's there was a boot.bin (and boot.cat)file. I found I could make it work by using Winimage but the winimage made cd-r didn't have a boot.bin file on it either.
So how do windows install discs boot without this file?
Anyone know?

[Radical Dreamer]

Uhm, why are you making copies with an iso, just pop the damn thing in and hit copy. But that is if its for a "backup" copy.

[confus-ed]

There's more than one way to make a cd boot ... you can make it be a 'big floppy' too so there ain't always boot.bin like Rad says just do disk copy it oughta work ....

[techs]

I recently found my Win98 cd that I use for a master was scratched.I thought that by keeping iso images I could cut down on the amount of disks I keep around and also keep a backup on the hard drive.

[kato2274]

perhaps you're trying to slipstream SP1 into your windows XP installation as I did a couple of months ago.

here is the tutorial I used to accomplish this and make the cd bootable.


http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?...cle.cfm&id=160

[kato2274]

Originally posted by techs
I recently found my Win98 cd that I use for a master was scratched.I thought that by keeping iso images I could cut down on the amount of disks I keep around and also keep a backup on the hard drive.

if the cd is bootable, use nero and change the recorded from your cdrw to image recorder and do a disc copy.