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I actually I thought of that after I posted. I'll look into adding the CD drivers. Also I realized that I was using a x64 computer to make the disks and the computer I was trying to run it on with "CD only btw without an HD hooked up" is a x86 computer. And I did think about CD drivers in the back of my head. yes the startup was A: can anyone say multiple operating systems I'm thinking I need to make another partition with x86. Is that a possibility? But then I think the dl from allaboutdisks would have been x86. Of course DOS woudn't have CD drivers, and "not sure if I remember" Win98 might not of either. And it is/was a DVD. So, XP may or may not have recognized it either. and then theres the x64 factor. Will try again, thank you for the thoughts.

I can’t seem to get a bootable cd to work right. Well it starts up but doesn't have any of the content that I added when opening Source and adding a dir with an .exe file in it, and a couple .jpg files on the top level. I have tried it with 3 different images. Dos6.22.img , Windows98_SE.img , and WindowsXP_Pro_SP2_Disk1.img from allaboutdisks. I have done the output to Image files (which create 2 files .iso and .mds) and burn image says it completes ok. I also sent it to the Device with a CD in the drive and it gives me the happy music also. But none of the added files are there when I boot off the CD. The 2 files and dir are gone when I use the CD to startup. If I look at the disk in Win 7 I see the files. But startup the cd and nothing but DOS files and none of the files I added. What is going on?

I looked into wiping out the default setting for IDE/ATAPI, and was not comfortable about it. But I did find out how to burn. One has to login into the "Administrator" account. Not another Admin account "The" Administrator account. I'm not doing remote. Do you have a link DMA fix from the FAQ? Or is it the faq in the forums about setting the BIOS DMA? Cause my Gigabyte x48-DQ6 doesn't have any BIOS settings for DMA, It must be auto only. The only setting I can find are clicking on the dvd drive in the standard CMOS Features screen after its found. Both "Extended IDE Drive (none or auto)" and "Access Mode (Large or Auto)" are set to auto. In the Device Manager I deleted the CD ROM driver. Then looked at IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers. I found in Advanced Settings the ATAPI Cdrom current mode set to Ultra DMA Mode 5 with "Enable DMA" checked below. The Drive Details are set to atapi.sys and ataport.sys In that IDE Channel I then "Scan for hardware changes" it finds the Lite-on DVDRW LH-20A1S ATA Device again, its set in Driver Details to cdrom.sys

I'm not doing remote. Do you have a link DMA fix from the FAQ? Or is it the faq in the forums about setting the BIOS DMA? Cause my Gigabyte x48-DQ6 doesn't have any BIOS settings for DMA, It must be auto only. The only setting I can find are clicking on the dvd drive in the standard CMOS Features screen after its found. Both "Extended IDE Drive (none or auto)" and "Access Mode (Large or Auto)" are set to auto. In the Device Manager I deleted the CD ROM driver. Then looked at IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers. I found in Advanced Settings the ATAPI Cdrom current mode set to Ultra DMA Mode 5 with "Enable DMA" checked below. The Drive Details are set to atapi.sys and ataport.sys In that IDE Channel I then "Scan for hardware changes" it finds the Lite-on DVDRW LH-20A1S ATA Device again, its set in Driver Details to cdrom.sys

ty for the reply =============================================== Filter Driver Load Order - ImgBurn v2.5.5.0 =============================================== Upper Device Filter: [None Found] Upper Class Filter: [None Found] Device: CD/DVD-ROM Device Lower Class Filter: [None Found] Lower Device Filter: [None Found] It was the Desktop Experience not media pack. my mistake. http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/windows-server-2008-how-to-burn-a-cd-dvd-on-ws2k8-r2.aspx

I have a dual boot system. XP and Win SBS 2008. It burns with XP, but not SBS2008. It is recognized in SBS and reads CD/DVD's. I have installed the media pack to support writing. ImgBurn doesn't recognize it.