Make windows XP live cd

In this article we would make a Windows Live CD. With live CD you can easily run XP from CDROM. This is very helpful for troubleshooting. With this you can access a crash system. You can use Live CD to repair any corrupted window file. Even you can restore data. For instance you have important data in My Document folder, Desktop or in window folder and XP got corrupted. Reinstallation of XP would remove this data. In such a situation Windows Live CD is your helping hand to get this data back. Boot system with Live CD and copy your important data from window partition to other partition.

Prequest and Preparation

• One windows XP bootable cd
• One CD burning software Like Nero
• Windows live CD Creator software
• Windows Live CD plugin
• 700 Mb Free space on c:\ drive

Now Follow this step by step guide

Create a folder named xpcd on c:\ drive

Copy the entire windows XP pro CD

Paste windows XP pro CD in xpcd folder 

Now create a another folder named Plug_in

Download these plugin and put it in plug_in folder

Now Make a another folder named Live_cd 

Now download this software and extract it in Live_cd folder 

This ziped file contain following files 

Now double click on pebuilder icon 

On liesance agreement screen click yes

In sources files give the location of C:\xp_cd or where you have copied XP Cd. In media output options select create IOS image and give the location where you want to store this IOS file ( don’t change file extension or file path unless you are a advance user ) Now click on plugin 

Select Add options

Give the path of Plug_in folder and select the file xpe-1.0.7 and click open 

diloag box will show file xpe-1.0.7 Click on Ok 

Now Select Startup Group and Disable it

Now Select Nu2shell and Disable it also

Once you have disable both Nu2shell and Startup Group Click on Close Now Click on Build button 

Now Windows Live CD creation process will start if this process is completed without any error you are almost done.

Note down the location where image file is saved

Now open your CD burning software I have used Nero. Choose burn image to disk options 

Now select (from where you have stored in our previous steps) the xplivecd.iso image files to burns

Let the nero burn image on CD 

Congratulations! Once you have burn this CD you can use this CD on any computer, note book, disk less computer, what all you need is boot from CDROM option enabled.

Caution:-
It is a Windows Live CD so it will take time to launch windows don’t be panic if it take times to load. Its depend on your system configuration and memory status.

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