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victornor
May 10, 2011, 12:18 PM
Hello I need help when I boot from my windows server 2008 cd it just starts up with a black screen with a blinking _ in the left upper corner
Please tell me what I can do

Curlyben
May 10, 2011, 12:56 PM
Is the BIOS set to boot from Optical drive ?

victornor
May 11, 2011, 12:35 AM
It is set to the optical dříve Yes

Curlyben
May 11, 2011, 01:01 AM
Well the blinking cursor indicates that the disc is NOT bootable.

Normally you would get a "press any key to boot from CD" message.

Where did the disc come from ?
Also is the optical drive correct as the newer discs from MS are DVD not CD's..

victornor
May 11, 2011, 04:16 AM
It's a cd I made myself by mounting an .iso file to the cd so I don't know what's wrong

Curlyben
May 11, 2011, 04:22 AM
Sounds like the ISO burn failed.
Check the CD to ensure it has unpacked the ISO image correctly.

I'd start over.

victornor
May 11, 2011, 06:36 AM
I checked and yes all the files is the BTW the cd is a lumatron cd and when I'm coming home I will check if it's a cd or a dvd

victornor
May 11, 2011, 10:08 AM
Can I make a bootable usb?

Curlyben
May 11, 2011, 10:14 AM
Assuming the hardware supports it, yes.

ITstudent2006
May 11, 2011, 12:33 PM
What was the original source of these files you're mounting via an .iso?

victornor
May 12, 2011, 08:54 AM
I got my .iso file from a windows server 2008 install disk

ITstudent2006
May 12, 2011, 11:00 AM
An original install disk?

I am not implying it was pirated but want to cut that option out of the equation?

victornor
May 12, 2011, 11:09 AM
Its my friend who got it and he lives long away from me, and no its not pirated but can I split the iso file to 2 cd's? And how