OK, I copied a Windows 98 disk to CD using Nero Express, no problem.
Today, I decided to make a boot CD with a lot of extras, so I brought up Nero Express, told it I wanted to make a bootable data CD, added the programs I wanted, told it that the bootable disk was in the A drive, and burned the CD.
Everything seems fine, and if I look at the disk in Windows Explorer or My Computer (I’m using Windows XP) everything is fine. But when I boot a computer using the CD to test it out, the only files the computer sees are the start up files. None of the folders that are on the CD show up causing lots of error messages from Autoexec.bat and Config.sys. So then I take another CD, and instead of having the start up files and some folders, I copy everything directly onto the CD so that there are no folders. Again, I burn the CD, start up a computer, and again, it fails to recognize any of the files except for the boot up files.
If any of you have experienced anything like this, please tell me what I need to do to fix this. Thank you.
Oh, and I tried this on two different computers, so I know that it’s not a computer problem.
You were on the right track the first way you did it, but it sounds like you need to add a DOS CD-ROM driver to your floppy boot disk. Then burn the CD the same way you did the first time, with it pulling the boot files off the floppy.
You should be able to find generic DOS CD-ROM drivers on the Internet without too much trouble.
Guess I should add, once you find the DOS driver, follow the included instructions to add the proper entries to your config.sys and autoexec.bat. Just copying the file to the floppy disk won’t be enough.
I have a CD ROM driver.
Anyway, I get what you’re saying. Sounds like a good Idea and I’ll give it a try.
Still, I wish I knew why only Config.sys, Autoexec.bat, IO.sys, Command.com, MSDOS.sys, and Drvspace.bin are the only files that show up when the CD has so many more on it.
You’ll only see what was on the boot floppy when you look at A: after booting from the CD. You need to switch to the CD-ROM drive letter to see the rest of the files. You’lll need the driver installed first to get a CD-ROM drive letter.