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From: pebro1955 on 15 Mar 2005 17:49 How do I create a boot disc from my computer
From: Ken Blake on 15 Mar 2005 17:53 In news:FED6C1F5-FC9D-4267-86D3-47C58A126AE6(a)microsoft.com, pebro1955 <pebro1955(a)discussions.microsoft.com> typed: > How do I create a boot disc from my computer If you have a Windows XP installation CD, it's bootable, and that's your emergency startup disk. However, you can download diskettes here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/results.aspx?productID=&freetext=boot+disk&DisplayLang=en -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup
From: Bob Harris on 15 Mar 2005 18:11 You can create a bootable floppy via arigh-click format from within windows explorer. Be sure to chekc the box "veate an MS-DOS startup disk". **BUT**, this floppy will boot the PC into winME not winXP. Further it will not be able to see any NTFS formatted partitions, which is the normal format for XP. You can get and add NTFS read/copy-only drivers for free, but write/paste drivers cost money. If you interest in testing some of the PC hardware, then a DOS floppy might be of some value. For example, there are RAM testers that wok form DOS. But, in general you will want something more powerful than a DOS floppy. The XP CDROM (real XP, not OEM recovery CD) is bootable and can run the XP recovery onsole, which feels a bit like DOS, but is not DOS. It can be used to fix a small range of common problems. Here are some links about the recovery console: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/win_xp_rec.htm http://www.wown.com/j_helmig/wxprcons.htm http://www.xxcopy.com/xxcopy33.htm (near bottom of page) An even friendlier and more powerful solution is to make a "Bart's PE builder" CD. It takes a while to make the first one, but it is worth it. Bart's effectively runs a scaled down verison of XP from a CD, without some of the restictions of the official XP recovery console. It is great for fixing things and copying files off of a PC before re-installing XP. Here is a link to Bart's: http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/ "pebro1955" <pebro1955(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:FED6C1F5-FC9D-4267-86D3-47C58A126AE6(a)microsoft.com... > How do I create a boot disc from my computer
From: Sharon F on 15 Mar 2005 19:00 On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 18:11:31 -0500, Bob Harris wrote: > Be sure to chekc the box "veate an MS-DOS startup disk". > **BUT**, this floppy will boot the PC into winME not winXP. I don't think you meant what you said. :) The boot disk created in the manner you describe will not boot to WinME. It will boot a version of MS-DOS. An interesting side note is that the boot disk will contain files mostly the same (and the same version) as those found on an MS DOS boot disk that is created on a WinME system. -- Sharon F MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User In memory of our dear friend, MVP Alex Nichol
From: Colin Barnhorst on 15 Mar 2005 19:26
If your interest is in a rescue disk, consider BartPE. http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/ -- Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine] (Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested) "pebro1955" <pebro1955(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:FED6C1F5-FC9D-4267-86D3-47C58A126AE6(a)microsoft.com... > How do I create a boot disc from my computer |