Windows XP SP2 slipstream help

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Hi. I went my way and brought a pack of 10 blank DVD-R disks from WalMart yesterday and went to burn my content and ISO of my slipstreamed SP2 folder on my disk for Windows XP Pro. When I tried booting up using the CD (I did this in VirtualBox too), I get the "CDBOOT: Couldn't find NTLDR" error. I am currently running Ubuntu Linux 10.10, after I dumped pre-installed Windows 7 Home Premium.
I am trying to install XP Pro until a recovery disk arrives, which may or may not have been ordered by my parents.

Here are my facts:
1) Dell Inspiron 1545 model
2) Processor: Intel(R) Pentium Dual-core T4500
3) RAM: 2GB DDR memory
4) Mobile Intel(R) 5 Series Express Chipset
5) 512MB Intel Integrated Graphics X4500HD Video card
6) 500GB Hard drive, at 5400RPM
7) Tray Load DVD+/-RW
0.3 webcam/microphone

Can you please help?

Could be that the ISO file is somehow broken.... you could try making a new slipstream using nLite or similar

What boot image you used for the iso? You should extract the one from the original CD and set offset to 0, and sectors to load to 4.
If not sure, download nLite (skip all the tweakings) and use it to create the iso.

But, my Virtual Box machine isn't recognising blank disks and my nLite on Wine doesn't work.

nLite needs .Net Framework 2. You need to install that first. I'm not sure how compatible wine is with .Net 2 now but it used to require some hacking.

You can still do it the standard way. First extract the boot image from the original Windows CD, then use it when you create the iso. You'll also have to be careful with other options. It doesn't need emulation, the image starts at offset 0, and it'll have to load 4 sectors. The file system has to be ISO 9660 + Joliet. Also do not use file version extension.