DVD image from MSDN seems to only work if XP is already on system

I seem to be having some difficulty getting the DVD image I downloaded from
MSDN to boot on a system without an o/s already on it...they'll work on a
system with XP already on it but won't otherwise...am I missing something
obvious here???

-tia

The MSDN image is a full retail version so it should work. Have made sure
that the BIOS of the pc in question is set to boot first from DVD?

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"Tom Flynn" <TomFlynn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FAAC7029-1004-46B3-92CB-77D09436EC3B@microsoft.com...
> I seem to be having some difficulty getting the DVD image I downloaded
> from
> MSDN to boot on a system without an o/s already on it...they'll work on a
> system with XP already on it but won't otherwise...am I missing something
> obvious here???
>
> -tia

The .ISO image is not bootable. Please see the following:

Read the instructions on the MSDN subscriber home page web site
titled: "What is an ISO CD image?"
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx


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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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"Tom Flynn" wrote:


I seem to be having some difficulty getting the DVD image I downloaded from
MSDN to boot on a system without an o/s already on it...they'll work on a
system with XP already on it but won't otherwise...am I missing something
obvious here???

-tia

hmmm...my writer is lying then...it seems to think it's bootable when i write
it...

"Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:

> The .ISO image is not bootable. Please see the following:
>
> Read the instructions on the MSDN subscriber home page web site
> titled: "What is an ISO CD image?"
> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx
>
>
> --
> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Shell/User
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> "Tom Flynn" wrote:
>
>
> I seem to be having some difficulty getting the DVD image I downloaded from
> MSDN to boot on a system without an o/s already on it...they'll work on a
> system with XP already on it but won't otherwise...am I missing something
> obvious here???
>
> -tia

What software are you using to burn the DVD? the link the other person gave
gives the basics. In Roxio, using Creator Classic, you 'create a disk from
an image', you don't really choose 'make a bootable CD', creating it from the
downloaded image makes it bootable because of the content of the image.

"Tom Flynn" wrote:

> hmmm...my writer is lying then...it seems to think it's bootable when i write
> it...
>
> "Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:
>
> > The .ISO image is not bootable. Please see the following:
> >
> > Read the instructions on the MSDN subscriber home page web site
> > titled: "What is an ISO CD image?"
> > http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx
> >
> >
> > --
> > Carey Frisch
> > Microsoft MVP
> > Windows Shell/User
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > "Tom Flynn" wrote:
> >
> >
> > I seem to be having some difficulty getting the DVD image I downloaded from
> > MSDN to boot on a system without an o/s already on it...they'll work on a
> > system with XP already on it but won't otherwise...am I missing something
> > obvious here???
> >
> > -tia

I used "burn image to disc" with Roxio and did not have to do anything else.
The resulting dvd booted all my computers just fine.

"DCELL" <DCELL@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9A5A9AD8-65CB-4801-A48E-AB3B2558070D@microsoft.com...
> What software are you using to burn the DVD? the link the other person
> gave
> gives the basics. In Roxio, using Creator Classic, you 'create a disk
> from
> an image', you don't really choose 'make a bootable CD', creating it from
> the
> downloaded image makes it bootable because of the content of the image.
>
> "Tom Flynn" wrote:
>
>> hmmm...my writer is lying then...it seems to think it's bootable when i
>> write
>> it...
>>
>> "Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:
>>
>> > The .ISO image is not bootable. Please see the following:
>> >
>> > Read the instructions on the MSDN subscriber home page web site
>> > titled: "What is an ISO CD image?"
>> > http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Carey Frisch
>> > Microsoft MVP
>> > Windows Shell/User
>> >
>> > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> >
>> > "Tom Flynn" wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> > I seem to be having some difficulty getting the DVD image I
>> > downloaded from
>> > MSDN to boot on a system without an o/s already on it...they'll work on
>> > a
>> > system with XP already on it but won't otherwise...am I missing
>> > something
>> > obvious here???
>> >
>> > -tia