Even if you succeed, Windows doesn't boot well from read-only media like CDs. For a bootable Windows CD, you want to look into WinPE, also available in customized forms such as BartPE.

i am ridding myself of floppy drives forever. since i still run win9x [stop the laughing -- --] i need to use a tricky disk to fdisk, format, and load the cdrom drivers before running the o/s setup.

Booting from CD is one of those computer functions that everyone seems to assume you know how to do. Watch this video, then read this quick tip, and you too will know. You may be able to just boot ...