Bootable DVD from I386 folder Qs??

I have burned a bootable DVD from the C:/I386 folder on
my PC.

It boots fine, asks ,e which partition to install in,
then tells me it can't find the DVD install image from
which I booted. And I can only Exit.

Somewhere in the files on the I386 disk image or in the
boot image file, there must be something that tells the
install program where to look.

Any way I can fix this??

nick

I don't know why you used a DVD when a CD has more than enough capacity for this
task.

See this tutorial for details of the procedure:
http://www.howtohaven.com/system/cre...etupdisk.shtml

Good luck!

"nick" <nick@NOSPAM.ORG> wrote in message news:Zpmpj.4498$M71.44@trnddc08...
> I have burned a bootable DVD from the C:/I386 folder on
> my PC.
>
> It boots fine, asks ,e which partition to install in,
> then tells me it can't find the DVD install image from
> which I booted. And I can only Exit.
>
> Somewhere in the files on the I386 disk image or in the
> boot image file, there must be something that tells the
> install program where to look.
>
> Any way I can fix this??
>
> nick

Mostly because the I386 folder has over 900Mb of files
while my CDs say 700Mb.

David Webb wrote:
> I don't know why you used a DVD when a CD has more than enough capacity for this
> task.
>
> See this tutorial for details of the procedure:
> http://www.howtohaven.com/system/cre...etupdisk.shtml
>

Very strange. I know that Vista comes on a DVD but that's because it contains
all versions. My CD for WinXP Pro SP2 totals 624 MB. The I386 folder is 539 MB
of this total.

Sounds like your HDD folder may contain a lot more than is actually required.

"chuck" <cciafNOSPAMfone@verizonNOSPAMk.net> wrote in message
news:O5Oo5ZyZIHA.1168@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Mostly because the I386 folder has over 900Mb of files
> while my CDs say 700Mb.
>
> David Webb wrote:
> > I don't know why you used a DVD when a CD has more than enough capacity for
this
> > task.
> >
> > See this tutorial for details of the procedure:
> > http://www.howtohaven.com/system/cre...etupdisk.shtml
> >

David Webb wrote:
> Very strange. I know that Vista comes on a DVD but that's because it contains
> all versions. My CD for WinXP Pro SP2 totals 624 MB. The I386 folder is 539 MB
> of this total.
>
Yeah, my friend's PC is a DELL (does that explain it?).