Making a CD boot disk?

[Raphael Argus]

Is it possible to make a CD boot disk? I'm guessing yes, but I don't have any idea how to do it. I'd like to make a CD boot disk and put a BIOS flash utility and BIOS update file on it. Any information would be appreciated.

Had a bad BIOS flash and the FDD was not setup in the BIOS before it flashed, I want to try a couple experiments.

 

[DancNSpin]

Is it really necessary? I thought that XP could repair the OS straight from the CD, eliminating the need for a boot disk.

 

[Raphael Argus]

I had a bad BIOS flash and I can't get any video, the FDD is NOT being checked in the BIOS. I wanted to try to see if by any miracle I could run the flash utility from the CD even though I can't see what I'm typing on screen, since I have no display. I've read a couple people managed to reflash their BIOS this way via FDD, but that isn't an option for me.

 

[Win2kpatcher]

You can usually eliminate this by pulling out the CMOS battery for about 5 minutes...although I dont know if it holds true for a bad FLASH it is worth a shot. I remember I had to keep doing this when I would overclock to far..lol.

 

[killians45]

check the MBD docs. Sometimes there is a bios recovery jumper (not for flashing, but actual onboard recovery). As far as CD, some have a CD iso image that you can use. Make sure you check any jumpers on the MBD, as sometimes there is a jumper that locks the bios.