WINxp Boot Disk

[Don Soriano]

I'm trying to make start-up boot disks for my PC. Per instruction, I made a floppy boot disk by using the following method:

Inserted a floppy disk, click on My Computer, click on the drive, then Format, then clicked on the box which states "Create Boot Disk from MS_DOS." Will this work for booting up the WINxp?

I also would like to make a WINxp start-up disk on a CD. How can I do that?

Don

[rspassey]

If installing XP : You do not need a floppy boot disk for XP - just set in BIOS to boot from CD drive and insert the XP cd and follow through with the installation. The installation has a built in formatting and partitioning stage...

[doctorgonzo]

What are you going to be using these disks for?

[Don Soriano]

It's popularly recommended that I keep boot/emergency/startup disk just in case I ran into hard drive boot problems.

[sgtspector]

Boot disks are great to have in case the mbr on your hard drive gets corrrupted but a boot cd lets you do that plus load all kinds of utilities that can help repair your pc or installation and get you up an running again. try the Ultimate Boot CD

[rspassey]

Originally Posted by Don Soriano It's popularly recommended that I keep boot/emergency/startup disk just in case I ran into hard drive boot problems.

Ahh that is what you are talking about - I should have asked before assuming you were talking about installing XP - where no 'boot disk' is needed. Sorry.

[EzyStvy]

How to

obtain Windows XP Setup boot disks



HOW TO:

Create a Boot Disk for an NTFS or FAT Partition in Windows XP

Create A XP Boot Disk from System Files
As a hedge against being unable to start XP, you can create a boot disk

specifically for Windows XP that may allow you to boot the operating system.

This can occur when the active partition boot record or other required files

become corrupted.

Using Windows XP, place a blank floppy in drive A and format the disk.

Navigate to the root folder of the system (in most cases this will be C:\)

and copy the following files to the floppy disk.

Boot.ini
NTLDR
Ntdetect.com

If you can't see the files, click [Tools] and [Folder Options...] in the

Menu Bar of Windows Explorer. Click the [View] tab and click the radio

button next to [Show Hidden Files and Folders]. Remove the check mark next

to [Hide Protected Operating

System Files (Recommended)] then click [Apply] and [OK]. The files should

now be visible in Windows Explorer. If the files still cannot be copied,

right click each file, click [Properties] and remove the checkmark from the

Read-Only attributes. Reset whatever attributes were unchecked after the

copy procedure is completed.

In addition to the files listed above, check the same directory for

bootsect.dos and ntbootdd.sys files. If they are present on your system,

copy them to the same floppy diskette.

The disk is used as any other boot disk, inserting it into the floppy drive

(A:\) and initiating a cold boot. Make sure the BIOS is set so that the A:\

drive is first in the boot sequence.



"NTFS Reader for DOS is a freeware tool that provides read access to

NTFS partitions within the MS-DOS environment. You can preview files on NTFS

and copy files from NTFS to FAT volumes or network drives. Product's

interface is easy-to-use. Can be run from DOS bootable floppy."

http://www.ntfs.com/products.htm