Boot Image for XP Home?

TheChef said:
Where can I find a boot image for the Windows XP home CD?

Thanks :)
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i got one...but dad has a microsoft license so he gets them on CD's all the time. i dunno where you would buy/"find" one though.
 
TheChef said:
Is there any way to get a copy from you? Or is that illegal? Over AIM maybe?
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lol totally illegal. he can only share it with immediate family members i believe. if you can afford $2K a year then call up M$ and ask for a license. they'll send you as many copies as you want lol.
 
TheChef said:
2k? ha:)
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yah i think its that much for the license. you get copies of software, discounts, certain rights that would be "illegal" to a normal customer like sharing copies or burning them or sumthin...im not sure exactly what the benefits are really.
 
i thought he was asking for a bootable floppy disk image for emergency booting if the os is not working lol
 
can't you just go to bootdisk.com on the front page i see xp boot disk FLOPPY and CD but if you get cd, you have to make sure your bios has cd boot before hard drive otherwise your harddrive will load before the cd.

and isn't 4 gb a little small for linux? just curious
 
ya you can get a boot image (6 disks)... Just do a google search ;-) there's a few out there.
 
a regular bootdisk is only one floopy the one for installing the xp is 6 floopy dont know is kind of useless unless you bios dont support booting from cd rom first.
 
Can I make a backup copy of my XP CD? I made a copy in case the other one gets scratched or something. When I try and use the copy to reinstall, it wont boot.
 
If you used Nero (or compatible burning software) and burned a boot disk it would ask you where you wanted to extract the boot.ini file from. It could come from a floppy disk. There are several places you can download the necessary files. Just search and you will find it.
 
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