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Making a bootable Windows 2000 SP1 CD
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-- CDRWin. The unregistered version will do just fine.
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-- Windows 2000 of your favourite flavour.
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-- A boot sector from a bootable Windows 2000 or NT4 CD. (www.thepharaos.net/l-vis/files/bootsect.zip)
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-- Windows 2000 Service Pack 1. Later packs will work in the same way.
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1. Grab all the contents from the Windows 2000 CD, not just the \i386 directory.
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Put the files and folders without changing them in a temporary folder on your
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hard drive, something like D:\burn\win2k\.
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2. Extract the Service Pack file (if you downloaded it). You can do this with
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WinZip. Enter the \Update sub-directory that was created during extraction.
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Then type this magic line to update the installation files on your HD:
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update.exe /s:[target location] ( Like this: update.exe /s:d:\burn\win2k )
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3. Great, now what? We don't want the hassle of entering a serial number,
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do we? Hehe, no problem. Step into the \i386 directory with the updated
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files. Open the file setupp.ini. Yes, that is two P's.
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On the line that says "Pid=...", remove the last three numbers with and
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replace them with the three numbers 270 (ie Pid=12345678 becomes
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Pid=12345270). Save the file. That was easy, wasn't it? :-)
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4. Get the boot sector by downloading
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www.thepharaos.net/l-vis/files/bootsect.zip
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or ripping it with CDRWin.
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0. Open CDRWin, go to Extract Disc/Tracks/Sectors (third icon).
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Hit the "Select Sectors" radio button at the top, at sector selection type
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the value 20 in the "Start" field, set "End" to 20 as well (we only want
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Set the scroll list "Datatype" to Data Mode 1 (2048). Name the file
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bootsect.bin or something to that effect.
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5. In CDRWin, go to File Backup And Tools (the fourth icon). Follow these
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instructions exactly, otherwise it will not work!
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Set the first scroll box to Build an ISO9660 Image File (you can chose to
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burn on the fly also but keeping the image for multiple burning sessions is
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Drag and drop the directory with the updated Windows 2000 files
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(D:\burn\win2k, not just the i386 dir)
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to the big white box in CDRWin.
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Checked boxes in the first section (all others must be unchecked!):
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- Include Hidden Files,
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- Long Filenames (Joliet),
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- Inlcude System Files,
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- Recurse Subdirectories.
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Checked boxes in the second section (ISO9660 Image File):
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- Only the Disable Version Numbers section.
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Hit the Advanced button...
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In Volume Descriptor tab, set the label of the CD (case sensitive), exactly
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as the original Windows 2000 CD. "W2PFPP_EN" is the name for Windows 2000
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In Bootable Disk tab, check the Make Bootable Disk check box and Set the
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first scroll box (Media Emulation Type) to Custom. Image File Name - find
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the little bootsector file that you downloaded or ripped earlier. Developer
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Name is Microsoft Corporation (case sensitive), and very important: Set Load
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Sector Count to 4! Leaving the 1 in it's place there will render the disk
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Click OK to go back to the File Backup Tools main screen and double-check
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everything. You will need a file name for the .iso file if you chose to
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create one of those. Done! Start recording.