Working bootable CD now suddenly freezes at starting point

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Published on 2010-05-10T09:05:00Z Indexed on 2010/05/10 9:14 UTC
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I have this strange problem with a bootable CD I created that uses floppy disk 1.44MB emulation. The PC originally worked with it just fine and booted from the CD several times from the prior occasions I used it. Now for some strange reason it decides to freeze at the point where it displays the following text on the screen and does not proceed further:

Boot from ATAPI CD-ROM
1. FD 1.44MB System Type-(00)

The other strange thing is that if I put in a Linux bootable installation CD, it boots that without any issues. Everytime I stick this custom made bootable CD in it pulls this freezing act. Has anyone experienced this or know how to correct the problem?

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