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obsidian_mh

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My school is supplying us with XP Pro Academic w/ SP2. I want to move my machine away from XP Home, but I also want to reformat my drive.

They're supplying XP to us via a zip file. I compared the folders inside the zip file to the XP Home CD, and the directories are pratically the same. However, it is a zip file rather than an ISO... how do I make it bootable when burning?
 
Uh...have you looked inside the zip file? Perhaps the iso is compressed?
 
finalgt said:
Uh...have you looked inside the zip file? Perhaps the iso is compressed?
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That is exactly what I was thinking, if it is a iso file just use Nero or any burning software and you should be good to go.
 
So your school just threw a zip file at the students without telling them what to do with it? :confused: Perhaps you can ask your IT department or whoever supplied it what to do with it. But yeah, there are utilities out there for creating custom windows cds so that's probably what you'd want to use. Either that or go to a school that isn't retarded. :p
 
Autostreamer will do it as well, and it's much easier to use than NLite.

Also, guys, read his comments....he specifically said there was no iso, and that it was the CDs file structure in the zip.
 
Why would the "school" give him a "cd" with a "zip" file instead of a bootable installation disk. I've never had a school sponsored OS but this smells so much like fish that I'm gonna get some batter and beer.
 
upriverpaddler said:
Why would the "school" give him a "cd" with a "zip" file instead of a bootable installation disk. I've never had a school sponsored OS but this smells so much like fish that I'm gonna get some batter and beer.
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It's actually quite common....there's been a ton of threads on here asking the same thing. Always happens, every year, during back to school times.
 
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