Burning Something On A Cd Without A Cd Burner?

[dfanningfan]

just a cdr-w drive? is that possible? I want to download windows xp and i have the boot disks but i need to dowload the stuff on a cd. Is it possible?

[Ron]

Come again?
What does the "W" in "CDR-W" stand for then?

[dfanningfan]

i just have a regular cd drive no cd burner

[mtenhoope]

dude?

Is that "newbie" as in just joined the forum or just bought a pc? B)

maybe rephrasing is in order

[dfanningfan]

1-i want windows xp home edition on my comp
2-i downloaded the boot disk park of it
3-at the end of the boot disk part it says install windows xp home edition cd so i say schite.
4-I look up stuff on search and find you can download stuff and burn it on a cd to get windows xp but i don't have a cd burner
5-can i do it anyway?

[FuNkY CaPrIcOrN]

You are way behind the times brother...go get a cd burner...$50.

They will be obsolete in a couple of years with DVD burners anyways...maybe you should just get one of them.

[Ron]

Well, dfanningfan, if there is no CD Writer in your PC, you cannot burn CD's......
Which is fairly logical, because if we could burn Cd's with a regular CDR player, why would they even bother making CDR-W's?

[imported_QuietSilence!]

Originally posted by dfanningfan@11 February 2003 - 01:03
1-i want windows xp home edition on my comp
2-i downloaded the boot disk park of it
3-at the end of the boot disk part it says install windows xp home edition cd so i say schite.
4-I look up stuff on search and find you can download stuff and burn it on a cd to get windows xp but i don't have a cd burner
5-can i do it anyway?

in a word yes u just got too copy the xpfiles on to ur disk
ie. c:/windows/options/cabs/
then go too the folder and dubble click setup

this assumes u got the files in a zip or such not as an .iso or a .bin an .que

[Nobody1234]

Was this thread supposed to be a joke or what?

A cd player plays.
A cd writer writes and plays.

[Another Cadaver]

Although you might have an option in a virtual drive. I had a program a few years ago that tricked the computer into believing that an iso file was an actual CD drive. ANy thoughts anyone?