I have the same issue.I also tried the same things Michael. The file is an
..ISO file. I need some !





"Dave Patrick" <DSPatrick@nospam.gmail.com> wrote in message
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> 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 .
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