Problems creating a boot disk

I have a similar machine, and have just successfully created a boot disk, with no errors.

Have you perhaps reformatted your hard drive since getting it? Or changed the install path in the registry? Usually, when creating a boot disk, the system copies required files from the install CD, or the image of it on the HD if it exists.

The ebd files are held on the CD in \WIN98\Base2.cab which should also be found in C:\Windows\Options\Cabs (assuming -
(a) You have not reformatted, and
(b) The O/S was factory installed.

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Thank you for your answer.

I didn´t reformat my hard drive, but I made a system restore two times, perhaps this will cause the problems.

Indeed, the install path is changed to Creative..., but I didn´t do it. I presume the shortly installed Liveware 3.0 could have done this.

The O/S was factory installed.

I will try to give in the paths \WIN98\Base2.cab on the Win ME disk or C:\Windows\Options\Cabs as you proposed, and hope it will work.



Message Edited on 06/05/01 09:01AM by kingcrimson

I presume that when attempting to create boot disk, you are getting a message along the lines of "Cannot find........" and prompting you to tell the system where the relevant file is. If this is the case, browse to either D:\WIN98* or C:\WINDOWS\OPTIONS\CABS the boot disk creation should then continue happily.

you say
- Indeed, the install path is changed to Creative...,
- but I didn´t do it. I presume the shortly installed
- Liveware 3.0 could have done this.
I presume this is something to do with a sound card? Where did you find the install path info? I meant the install path for the O/S which is in the registry key "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup\SourcePath" which should be either D:\WIN98* or C:\Windows\Options\Cabs.

If you are confident messing around in the registry then you can adjust this, but BEWARE, if you make an error you could make your system inoperative.
Before changing anything, click on Registry|Export Registry and make a copy of the file onto your desktop (or other location you will remember should you need to recover from a failure!!)

Normal disclaimer here - I'm happy to offer advice but accept no liability if it goes wrong.

(*substitute D: with letter of CDROM drive if different)

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Message Edited on 06/05/01 10:30PM by Figment

You are right, when attempting to create the boot disk, I was getting messages of "Cannot find........". I browsed to C:\WINDOWS\OPTIONS\CABS, then some files were found, but various files with an extension "ebd" were not found (I think they are compressed).

The registry key "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup\SourcePath" contained a Creative folder (something like "C:\Programs\Creative\wdm", when I remember right). I didn´t change the path to that, so I think it really happened when I installed Creative´s Liveware 3.0. Yesterday I changed the source path in the registry to "C:\Windows\Options\Cabs", as you proposed, and now creating the boot disk worked without any problems.

Thank you very much for your wonderful help, I already tried to solve that problem some weeks.


By the way, what does that mean:

"Prepare to enter a never-to-be-forgotten place that lies deep within your imagination!
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I´m a German, I understand the words but not exactly the meaning.