README.TXT is usually a good place to start.
Have opened the program and inside the program opened each of the four disks (the list got bigger and bigger until disk 4 was opened; then it got smaller),
Apparently, you can only have one image open (the last one) at any one time. It just so happened #2 list was longer than #1, and #3 was longer than #2.
went to the disk menu and selected format disk
You don't format a CD. It thinks you want to make a floppy disk from the image.
Read README.TXT and I'll bet you can find what you need. Like I said before, you probably want to Extract each of the four floppy images to a common directory and make a CD-ROM ISO image of all those files. Then burn the image onto a CD-R.
However, now that I tried it myselfextracted all the files to a new directory named "win2kboot"it doesn't appear that Winimage is capable of making a new CD-ROM image. In fact, the HLP file says Winimage can't edit CD images, only write them. (I haven't time to really pour over the documentation, though.)
If I had a CD burner, I'd just burn all those extracted files onto a CD and see if that made a bootable CD-R. But, I don't have a CD burner at the moment to try it.
As for the readme, this is it in its entirety:
WINIMAGE 6.10 Copyright 1993-2002 Gilles Vollant For Windows 95/98/Me, Windows NT/2000/XP and Windows 3.1 with Win32s PURPOSE ~~~~~~~ This Zipfile contains WinImage 6.10, standard and professional version, and the self extractor. This is the English version of WinImage 6.10. For other languages, you need to download the translation Zipfile on the WinImage Internet Web site http://www.winimage.com/download.htm . STEP ONE ~~~~~~~~ You need to extract winima61.zip in a new directory (for example, c:\winimage). You can use WinZip (http://www.winzip.com) for this task. You can also start the install file winima61.exe. STEP TWO ~~~~~~~~ If you are running MSDOS + Windows 3.1x, you need to install Win32s 1.30. There is a link to download Win32s at http://www.winimage.com/othertl.htm You can also add FDREAD.EXE to your AUTOEXEC.BAT to read 1.68/DMF floppies. (Note : FDREAD is only for MSDOS 5.x/6.x, NOT for Windows 9x/Me/NT/2000/XP) STEP THREE ~~~~~~~~~~ If you want to run WinImage, just run WinImage.exe. The full documentation is in the WinImaUS.HLP help file. The additional features of WinImage 6.10 are in the "Evolution of WinImage topic". Don't hesitate check the web site for up-to-date info. Gilles Vollant mailto:info@winimage.com http://www.winimage.com http://www.winimage.com/order.htm (for ordering a license)
The help section has a lot more, but it isn't that helpful for the specific thing.