joker

I tried HD2ISO to build an El Torito CD (XPE that start from CD), but discarded that solution because: 1. the procedure to obtain the CD is very complicated, and quite impossible to batch 2. hd2iso doesn't allow a visible partition (if I'm right) where to put other files (ex documentation) Also from what I understood HD2ISO create a "no emulation" bootable CD. 3. Access to the CD is very slow. 4. My target is to have a little installer/rescue system whithout need of OS, not a working CD itself. Regards.

I succeeded at the end! The image has to be of the whole disk, (to include MBR, stupid of me!). I tried with a virtual disk and with a very small disk and is OK. (I'm not and expert with WinImage, I downloaded it only to try this functionality with ImageBurn #39;( : there is a comand 'create Virtual Hard Disk from phisical drive ...' that does, I failed using 'ReadDisk' with a letter driver selected that copy only the partition ) but this would be great, and much appreciated! (in next release?) Thank you.

Well, I'm booting a customized XP embedded. I'm afraid I can't upload 90MB! I created the partition in a secondary HardDisc with XP Pro (disk manager), formatted FAT, and then made active; the partition contains few files and a big file.sdi that is loaded in memory by ntldr Sorry, but I don't understand the software/way you tested. I'll try to create a tiny partition with DOS (old good 5.0 ) and then create an image from that ... I'll let you know if works next week.

I'm having difficulties in making a working bootable CD. I used an image file created with WinImage (.IMA) from a booting partition (90MB). The visible part of the CD is OK, but the CD doesn't boot. I succeded in making a working CD with NERO (and the same image file), so I think there is some hidden trick (or pehaps a bug)? Emulation type: Hard Disk Boot Image: file.IMA Developer ID: blank (what's the meaning of this field??) Load segment: 07C0 (readonly) Sectors to load: 1 (readonly) I tried building an ISO first and then burn, or write directly to the CD: with same results. Thanks.