How do you make a Windows 2003 bootable CD work under VMWare? Microsoft sells the Winternals product now that they purchased them, and Winternals includes a bootable Windows 2003 image named ERD Commander. Bootable CDs that I burn from this ISO will boot fine on the host hardware, but do NOT boot on a virtual machine. Yes, I configure the virtual machine's BIOS to boot from CD first.
In contrast, the bootable CD that is created by Acronis TrueImage boots fine into any virtual machine.
I am not understanding what requirements Virtual Machines impose on bootable CDs, and is some special preparation step required on the bootable ISO for ERD Commander.