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| Thread ID: 21507 | 2002-06-27 18:32:00 | FAQ #44 How do I burn a CD to autoload? | E.ric (351) | Press F1 |
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| 57848 | 2002-06-27 18:32:00 | How I made my CDROM auto-boot (1) Copied a program "booter.exe" from a magazine CDROM (don't tell the magazine (Bugger !!, now I have done it)) (2) Made a file called "autorun.inf" with text editor program and used the next three lines. (or copy off CDROM) [autorun] open=booter.exe icon=favicon.ico (3) Made my index page and called it "default.htm" (same file name as CDROM) (4) Made a icon with MS Paint program 16*16 pixels saved it as "favicon.ico" "Windows Icon file" with a free program download called "Irfanview (less than a meg in file size) available at www.irfanview.com (a) Now you should have four files in the root directory of your CDROM. autorun.inf 1 KB booter.exe 29 KB (?) default.htm 10 KB (size will vary) favicon.ico 1 KB --- more --- To display a directory e.g. your index page in a directory web-site on C drive. My web site. (file:///c|/web-site/index.html) But the above line might not work if you transfer your CDROM to another computer. |
E.ric (351) | ||
| 57849 | 2002-06-27 18:38:00 | Hi Robo Not sure if I was supposed to register my name for number 44 but anyway it now belongs to the F1 site, if you would like it . If someone wishes to improve on it, it is theirs . From Eric |
E.ric (351) | ||
| 57850 | 2002-06-28 05:20:00 | There's one problem with these instructions: obtaining a "booter . exe" program . A quick look through several of my CDs have shown me that I don't have access to it so I'm not going to be able to go any further . :-( Maybe you could look around the net for something else freely available that will do the job just as good and post the link in your FAQ? |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 57851 | 2002-06-28 08:37:00 | Try Karen's Autorun.inf Editor (www.karenware.com) | mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 57852 | 2002-06-28 09:22:00 | Very sorry Susan It appears the file you could not find came off a magazine I no longer get. All is not lost open up "autorun.inf" and see what *.EXE file they use then use that, or you could use mikebartnz suggestion I have not tried it yet. |
E.ric (351) | ||
| 57853 | 2002-06-28 18:45:00 | Thanks E.ric. Give it a day or two for suggestions then if you can do a final run it will be good. We have to lock these down so replies don't muddy them. robo. |
robo (205) | ||
| 57854 | 2002-06-29 03:42:00 | robo, it will probably be a good idea to "fold spindle and mutilate" (or even just delete) the replies . . . get the author to make a "final version" including addenda and corrigenda from the replies . An FAQ page is for people who are confused already (at least worse than us) , and deserve one answer, without having to go through a lot of "But"s . Perhaps you should beam this one to the main FAQ admin . posting, Scotty, but I hit reply . . . What the [bleep] are you doing here at such obscene hours . It can't be the ¥ . ;-) |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 57855 | 2002-06-29 06:18:00 | FAQ #44 How do I burn a CD to autoload? (TAKE 2) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There are two ways to make a boot-able CDROM (1) Go to and get Karen's Autorun . inf Editor (2a) Many computer magazines have Auto-run CDROM with them, open up the file "autorun . inf" on the root directory, Normally you may see three lines of text [autorun] open=booter . exe icon=favicon . ico Copy "autorun . inf" , "booter . exe", on to the CDROM you are making, The EXE file on the OPEN= line may not be called BOOTER, what ever it is called copy that file over . (2b) Made a 16*16 pixel picture for a icon . I used MS Paint program that came with Windows 95, 98, Then you need to save your picture in a ICON format as "favicon . ico" I used a program like "Irfanview" that you can down-load free from [url]http://www . irfanview . com/english . htm (]http://www . karenware . com/powertools/ptautorun . asp[/url) (At the time of writing this FAQ the file size is less than one Meg) (2c) Now get the opening page for your CDROM and make sure it is "index . html" whatever it is called there should be a file on your magazine CDROM with the same file name . if it is called "Index . html" rename your file with capital "I" (just to save any worry) (2d) Hopefully now your CDROM should auto-boot with the four files you have Below is the four files I got my Auto-run CDROM to work . autorun . inf 1 KB booter . exe 29 KB (may have a different name) default . htm 10 KB (size will vary) favicon . ico 1 KB If your CDROM does not work, look for another HTML file name on the magazine CDROM and rename your HTML file to the same name, then try it again . --- Some more note --- To open a file on your hard drive e . g . your index page in a directory web-site on C drive . My web site . (file:///c|/web-site/index . html) But the above line will not work if you transfer your CDROM to another computer if does not have that directory or the same file name . Acknowledgments My thanks to "mikebartnz" who posted "step (1)" of these instruction . And "Susan B" who found my original instruction misleading From Eric I must see a doctor about my humour |
E.ric (351) | ||
| 57856 | 2002-06-29 06:59:00 | Hmmm, looks better . :-) All we need now is a guinea pig to try it all out . If I had enough files to burn onto a CD then I'd do it, but at the moment I don't . :-( Robo, were you up early or going to bed late? Man some people keep unsociable hours . . . . . (wonders what people are doing at that hour of the morning) |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 57857 | 2002-06-29 07:43:00 | It all depends on the aim of the final CD. PC World CD's are HTML based so they need an 'exe' to run the HTML file. Where as if the aim of the CD is to run the installation of a program. Then a booter/loader is not needed as you can run setup.exe straight off. |
-=JM=- (16) | ||
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