How to make boot floppies?

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GreatArtist - 31 Jan 2007 18:13 GMT

I was able to make a set of four floppy disks for "windows 2000
setup," but so far i can't seem to do the same thing with windows XP.
Windows XP did let me make an MS-DOS boot disk. Is that good enough to
use to reinstall windows XP if my hard drive crashes?

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John John - 31 Jan 2007 18:25 GMT

How to obtain Windows XP Setup boot disks
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310994/en-us

John

> I was able to make a set of four floppy disks for "windows 2000
> setup," but so far i can't seem to do the same thing with windows XP.
> Windows XP did let me make an MS-DOS boot disk. Is that good enough to
> use to reinstall windows XP if my hard drive crashes?

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Wesley Vogel - 31 Jan 2007 18:35 GMT

The MS-DOS startup disk only allows the system to boot into an MS-DOS
prompt. The disk contains no additional tools, except COMMAND, KEYB and
MODE. This is usually used for flashing the BIOS, etc..

Use the XP CD to reinstall XP if you have to, the XP CD is bootable.

If you want to create a Boot Disk for XP...

Creating a Boot Disk for an NTFS or FAT Partition
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/311073

How To Create a Boot Disk for an NTFS or FAT Partition in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/305595

How to use System files to create a boot disk to guard against being unable
to start Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314079

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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