Bootable CD tells me it can't find the CD device

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Bootable CD tells me it can't find the CD device

Forum: Help

Creator: Don Drennan

Created: 2014-06-03

Updated: 2014-06-13

Don Drennan - 2014-06-03

I made a bootable CD with Clonezilla. When I attempt to boot up with it, it tells me something is missing, attempting to "wing it" and then it tells me it can't find the CD-rom device. How is it that a program running off a CD can't find the disc it's running from? Sorry I can't give you the specific error message. That computer is at another location.

This is a very old computer running Windows 98 I am attempting to back up by cloning it's hard drive, but I am not having any luck. I have also tried Easeus Disk Copy with the same result. I had earlier replaced the failing CD rom device with a newer DVD writer, but up to now it's functioned as expected.

Any ideas?
Thanks!

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Don Drennan - 2014-06-03

I found a reference to a similar problem on another site. This is what the error messages were
isolinux: Loading spec packet failed, trying to wing it.
isolinux: Failed to locate CD-ROM device; boot failed.

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Steven Shiau - 2014-06-13

Not sure if it's the newer isolinux issue. You might could try old stable Clonezilla live:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/clonezilla/files/clonezilla_live_stable/OldFiles/

Steven.

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