here's a conundrum

You said it tried the CD? When you burned the disc, how did you do it? Did you burn the iso onto the disc or use Burn Image from Nero and point it at the iso?

i.e. If you put th disc in your other computer do you see i file on the disc or lots?

Ian
 
I didn't use nero because I don't have it I saved the file to a folder on my hard drive and used the computers cd burner. There is one file on the CD
 
That is your problem. An ISO is a disc image What CD burning software do you have? Adaptec? What you have done is burn the inage file to CD not the image. If you look for a Burn disk image or Burn ISO type option then it will ask you which ISO. Point it at the .iso file.

You should end up witha disk with lots of files on it.

NEARLY THERE!!!!!

:)
 
I would have lost my rag well before this and kicked the screaming computer out of the window......then claimed on the contents insurance!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Sorry......I really shouldn't interrupt such a serious post with my frivolity...... but you two guys have my undying admiration (I know that won't mend the PC)!
 
did you get this problem sorted..?

if not i have a few ieas i use on peoples systems but cant type too well right now coz my babys bashing the bloody keyboard and i cant leave him alone or he cries lol
 
Perhaps you should let him register - he may make more sense than a few people on here (probably myself included)!!!
 
Ok, The story so far. I managed to find a copy of Nero V4. I spent ages downloading bits and pieces from the nero website to get the wretched thing to work properly but it will not, under any circumstances, recognise my CD Writer and insists on writing the image as a virtual recording - image.rng- one file, not many.

I had another look at the old computer and changed the cmos settings to boot from the first drive which I renamed as CDROM and disabled the remaining two drives. Guess what? It loaded windows anyway and didn't even bother with the Cd Drive other than to check that it was there!

It rather looks as though there is a lot more wrong with this machine than I first thought, perhaps the only solution is a lump hammer!
 
The latest.... After a lot of searching I found the right bit on the nero website and downloaded a demo copy of the very latest offerings. Success, of a sort, Nero will now write to my cd writer - and what it writes is an exact copy of the original, Knoppix_v3.7-2004-12-08EN.iso, one file, not many. There is no opportunity to distinguish between "burn" and "burn disk image".
 
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