Creating bootable xp disc?

I bought windows xp installation disc and installed xp.For safety reasons,I copied all files of CD on hard disk and burned them to a new disk to create another bootable disc.But when I checked it by rebooting my computr,there was no option of booting from CD(As in the case of original disc,the message%26quot;Press any key to boot from CD%26quot; doesn%26#039;t come. I have tried that many times,but it doesn%26#039;t seem to be working.What could be the problem,is there any other software with the help of which I can make a similar disc?

Creating bootable xp disc?
eranz is right, you have to go into the bios and change it to bood of your cd or dvd drive. you will usually find that under BOOT OPTIONS in your BIOS. to get to the BIOS you have to push F1, F2 or the delete button to access the BIOS. Each motherboard manufacturer uses one of those 3 buttons to access there BIOS. You can try one of thes buttons as the computer boots up. if it does not work, try one of the others,
Reply:I think u have press F1 and to create a bootable disk u need to have an emergency repair disk (ERD) first
Reply:well, when you start up your computer I think you push F1 or something to access the BIOS and in there you can set up so that it boots from the CD Drive.



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