Roxio burning software is not very good for burning an ISO file. You need to download IMG burner and BURN it with that. If it is done correctly you should be ABLE to boot your computer with the disk.Thank you Dave for all your assistance with my problem.

I acquired a Windows ULTIMATE Boot Disc from our local college. One of their IT people is a friend of mine who "loaded" me up with all kinds of goodies.

I was able to launch the UBD and ran Avast IT version and found two virus signatures: Windows.windows which is the operating system and Kogan the virus used to launch and DELIVER the load.

What I've found so far is that the Windows Operating System was masked by the virus. When I deleted the (4) four contaminated files - one being the operating system file, I restarted and after the screen splash, "boot from CD: unable to locate operating system. I ran another scan using v-1000 McAfee. I am now running Norton GoBack Recovery using GOBACKIO.BIN.

What I've discovered so far is Windows Operating System is overridden and is the reason for the boot-loop. (The boot sequence can't find the operating system). REASON: Malware comes in with a virus load (ROOTKIT) DISGUISED as an update for a program; in my case it was an update for Stopzilla. Since it was a ROOTKIT non of my protection software picked it up and when the system re-booted, BAM! done deal.

If you'er interested, I will help identify the final solution to the problem. I've spoken with several Grad IT folks and they have never seen anyting like the problem I've experienced. This is one of those cases where they just swap out the HD, since it would take more time to trace the architecture than just to replace and reload programs.

JMHO ~ Tommy