Create a bootable CD or DVD with or without floppy Mobile Tricks By Tharik Sham , Sunday, February 28, 2010 at Sunday, February 28, 2010, in Labels: Create a bootable CD or DVD with or without floppy

Create a bootable CD or DVD with or without floppy

This article provides the step-by-step how to create a bootable CD/DVD, either using a bootup floppy disk or a boot image file. By following the steps below, you'll end up with a bootable CD or DVD, with CD-ROM dri ver supported, that c ould startup your PC and bri ngs up the command prom pt. Then you can access your CD/DVD drive or y our local hard drive and/or execute the utility commands. You can also run Ghost to restore/backup your har d drive if you wish.

Many CD/DVD burning software now support the bootable feature. Pick one that you like and search for this option either on the menu or along the way you create a data CD. I'll use Nero to demotrate the samples here. If you don't have a boot disk, you can download a boot image here. This boot image is Windows-98 based, which means it uses the Windows 98 bootup sequence, which should do it just fine. However, you can also download different boot disk images on the web. For example, from bootdisk.com. I assume that you have Nero installed if you want to follow the steps below. Also, I recommend to use a rewritable disc so that you can go back and try it again if you make mistake.

Launch Nero Burning ROM
At the New Compilation Window, select "CD" from the drop-down menu and select "CD-ROM
Boot)" for CD, (or select "DVD" and "DVD-ROM (Boot)" for DVD)

If you use a bootup floppy disk, insert the floppy disk and select "Bootable logical drive..."

If you use an image file, select "Image File" then click "Browse" to browse to the image

At the "Open" Window, browse to the location where you saved the boot image and choose the image you wish to use and click "Open" (you might need to change the "Files of type" to "All Files" in order to see files with different extensions.)

Click "New" at the New Compilation Window.
Nero New Compilation Window disappears and Nero brings up its main screen where you can add more files to the CD/DVD if you wish. For example, adding a "ghost" folder with the file "ghost.exe" as follows.

Once you're done addin

g all the files you wish to, click on the "Burn" icon

At the "Burn Compilation" Window, select "Burn"!