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As far as I know it's not possible to run ESXi from a CD. What you could do is install ESXi to a USB thumbdrive, copy over the working (host) configuration and keep that at a safe place.
See: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=200478...