I like to make back-up copies of all the CDs I cary on service calls. I have
legal versions of all of my windows disk. I have been copping the disk to my
hard drive then burning copies. .Win XP dosent install properly from a copy is
there another way to make these copies so they will work properly?

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byteme024@aol.com (ByteMe024) wrote in
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> I like to make back-up copies of all the CDs I cary on service
> calls. I have legal versions of all of my windows disk. I have
> been copping the disk to my hard drive then burning copies. .Win
> XP dosent install properly from a copy is there another way to
> make these copies so they will work properly?

I've copied the disc just fine...how are you copying it?

Adam

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Same here, I've copied XP Pro and slipstreamed SP1 into it and it works
perfectly.

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Kenny


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> byteme024@aol.com (ByteMe024) wrote in
> news:20030726133933.10408.00000950@mb-m05.aol.com:
>
> > I like to make back-up copies of all the CDs I cary on service
> > calls. I have legal versions of all of my windows disk. I have
> > been copping the disk to my hard drive then burning copies. .Win
> > XP dosent install properly from a copy is there another way to
> > make these copies so they will work properly?
>
> I've copied the disc just fine...how are you copying it?
>
> Adam

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"ByteMe024" <byteme024@aol.com> wrote in message
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> I like to make back-up copies of all the CDs I cary on service calls. I
have
> legal versions of all of my windows disk. I have been copping the disk to
my
> hard drive then burning copies. .Win XP dosent install properly from a
copy is
> there another way to make these copies so they will work properly?

You want to use the copy CD feature of your burning software. If you are
just copying the files to your hard drive, then copying them onto a new CD
you will lose the CDs bootability.

Gareth

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"ByteMe024" <byteme024@aol.com> wrote in message
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> I like to make back-up copies of all the CDs I cary on service calls. I
have
> legal versions of all of my windows disk. I have been copping the disk to
my
> hard drive then burning copies. .Win XP dosent install properly from a
copy is
> there another way to make these copies so they will work properly?
You might try using your CD burning software to create a CD ISO of the XP
software and try burning that to CD instead of trying for a direct copy.

AG

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Maybe you could just get another copy from microsoft.?

AG wrote:

> "ByteMe024" <byteme024@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:20030726133933.10408.00000950@mb-m05.aol.com...
> > I like to make back-up copies of all the CDs I cary on service calls. I
> have
> > legal versions of all of my windows disk. I have been copping the disk to
> my
> > hard drive then burning copies. .Win XP dosent install properly from a
> copy is
> > there another way to make these copies so they will work properly?
> You might try using your CD burning software to create a CD ISO of the XP
> software and try burning that to CD instead of trying for a direct copy.
>
> AG

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