how to run windows xp from a CD-ROM,not from a hard disk.

how to run windows xp from a CD-ROM,not from a hard disk.
NOTE:-- not how to boot from CD.

On 1 Aug, 10:53, mitul <mituldr...@yahoo.co.in> wrote:
> *how to run windows xp from a CD-ROM,not from a hard disk.
> NOTE:-- not how to boot from CD.

Whereas I would love to know how to boot from a XP Home SP2 CD !

"Ric Euteneuer" <riceuten@gmx.de> wrote in message
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On 1 Aug, 10:53, mitul <mituldr...@yahoo.co.in> wrote:
> how to run windows xp from a CD-ROM,not from a hard disk.
> NOTE:-- not how to boot from CD.

Whereas I would love to know how to boot from a XP Home SP2 CD !

Change your BIOS so that the CD drive is the preferred boot device.

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"Ric Euteneuer" <riceuten@gmx.de> wrote in message
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On 1 Aug, 10:53, mitul <mituldr...@yahoo.co.in> wrote:
> how to run windows xp from a CD-ROM,not from a hard disk.
> NOTE:-- not how to boot from CD.
Don`t think you can, it has to be installed onto the HDD.

Whereas I would love to know how to boot from a XP Home SP2 CD !
Just put the CD in the drive and reboot the machine.
You may have to go into the BIOS and set the boot priority to boot from the
CD before the HDD.

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> "Ric Euteneuer" <riceuten@gmx.de> wrote in message
> news:c7eb3082-15b9-4bcc-adc5-678a04f64a2b@2g2000hsn.googlegroups.com...
> On 1 Aug, 10:53, mitul <mituldr...@yahoo.co.in> wrote:
>> how to run windows xp from a CD-ROM,not from a hard disk.
>> NOTE:-- not how to boot from CD.
> Don`t think you can, it has to be installed onto the HDD.
>
> Whereas I would love to know how to boot from a XP Home SP2 CD !
> Just put the CD in the drive and reboot the machine.
> You may have to go into the BIOS and set the boot priority to boot from
> the CD before the HDD.
>

....and then watch for a "Press any key to boot from CD" message that may
appear...

mitul wrote:
> how to run windows xp from a CD-ROM,not from a hard disk.
> NOTE:-- not how to boot from CD.

If you mean Microsoft Windows XP as you get it retail?
XP was not meant to run from a CD. It writes files and expects them to
be there on the boot disk. Oh I guess with enough effort you could
clone your C: drive to a CD then monkey with a hex editor and change
settings enough for the system to write to the C: drive for variable
data and read the rest of the OS from the CD, but I have a feeling the
effort needed and the hours consumed and the chance of success would be
extreme.

Ubuntu (Linux) was meant to do this. And there are others beyond that.

mitul wrote:
> how to run windows xp from a CD-ROM,not from a hard disk.
> NOTE:-- not how to boot from CD.


Never heard of Google? Just a small sampling:

Bart's Preinstalled Environment (BartPE) bootable live windows CD/DVD
http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/


How to create Windows XP Live CD, complete with preinstalled programs -
instant fundas
http://www.instantfundas.com/2007/11...p-live-cd.html



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On Fri, 1 Aug 2008 02:53:02 -0700, mitul <mituldream@yahoo.co.in>
wrote:

> how to run windows xp from a CD-ROM,not from a hard disk.
> NOTE:-- not how to boot from CD.


Sorry, it's not possible. Windows writes files to itself all the
time--to the registry and elsewhere. It could not do that if it were
on a CD-ROM.


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