I am having some issues creating a bootable CD to run on a Windows XP system. Here is what I have done so far, hopefully someone can point out where I have gone wrong.
I downloaded the 5.1.0 version of memtest86 onto a Windows 7 PC. Inserted a blank CD, double-clicked the iso file Memtest86-5.1.0.iso and followed the instructions to burn an iso image. When I use Windows Explorer to look at the resulting disc, it shows the following:
- 2 directories: EFI, ISOLINUX
- files: EFIBOO.IMG, GUIDE.PDF, LICENSE.RTF, SRC.TGZ
- A message saying, "Files Ready to Be Written to the Disc (1)" desktop.ini
When I place this disc into the WIndows XP PC that I want to test, the disc cannot be read. When I try to boot the XP machine from this disc, it hangs for awhile, then goes on to boot from the C: drive.
Thinking that maybe there is a problem with creating the disc on a Win 7 machine to be used on a Win XP machine, I created a new boot disc from the same 5.1.0 iso file on the XP machine (using Nero). But, I still got the same results: same files, the Win 7 PC can read the disc, the Windows XP PC cannot and will not boot from it.
Am I doing something wrong here? Is there a different version of memtest86 that I should be using for an older XP machine?
Thanks!
~ Rick
I downloaded the 5.1.0 version of memtest86 onto a Windows 7 PC. Inserted a blank CD, double-clicked the iso file Memtest86-5.1.0.iso and followed the instructions to burn an iso image. When I use Windows Explorer to look at the resulting disc, it shows the following:
- 2 directories: EFI, ISOLINUX
- files: EFIBOO.IMG, GUIDE.PDF, LICENSE.RTF, SRC.TGZ
- A message saying, "Files Ready to Be Written to the Disc (1)" desktop.ini
When I place this disc into the WIndows XP PC that I want to test, the disc cannot be read. When I try to boot the XP machine from this disc, it hangs for awhile, then goes on to boot from the C: drive.
Thinking that maybe there is a problem with creating the disc on a Win 7 machine to be used on a Win XP machine, I created a new boot disc from the same 5.1.0 iso file on the XP machine (using Nero). But, I still got the same results: same files, the Win 7 PC can read the disc, the Windows XP PC cannot and will not boot from it.
Am I doing something wrong here? Is there a different version of memtest86 that I should be using for an older XP machine?
Thanks!
~ Rick
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