Was an ISO image an option?
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"Michael" wrote:
> Hi everyone - I downloaded Windows 2003 server standard from the Microsoft
> Volume Licensing web site. It comes as a self-extracting .exe file. I
> unzipped everything inside the folder, and tried to boot using the CD, but
> could not ... the CD wasn't recognizable. Then I used my CD recording
> software to include a bootable image so that the CD could boot. That
> didn't
> work either. Finally, I used an old Windows 98 start up disk. I went
> into
> the i386 folder and typed winnt as the instructions said. The setup
> program
> responds that it could not create a swap file and it quits.
>
> The only way I can see how to do this is to install XP first, but that
> seems crazy. Surely there must be a way to install from the CD. Any
> suggestions? Many thanks for the .