INSTALLING WINDOWS XP do i need a boot disc

[jaxson]

When installing windows xp do i need a boot disc or to make one of do i just just need the cd and follow the instructions.

[pillainp]

Hi,
Enter your system BIOS and set boot order to CD first. If you have the full retail version of Windows XP and your CD is bootable (which it should be), there is no need for a boot floppy.
If, however, for sme reason, you cannot boot from the CD, you can get XP bootdisks from here:
www.bootdisk.com
Hope that helps,
NPP

[ktkendall]

I have also successfully booted my sys with the XP home edition upgrade version CDROM..

[jaxson]

i have xp pro allready installed but it has alot of errors that can not be fixed so i wish to reinstall so will it formatt the harddrive its self and how do i fit the bookdisk stuff on a floppy its 4mb my floppys 1.3mb

[Iman74]

You can delete, recreate, or leave the exisiting partition and just format it with the CD alone.

[Force Flow]

You shouldn't need a boot disk when installing XP. The CD itself is bootable.

btw, freaky avatar Iman74. Congrats on hitting the magic number!

[pillainp]

Hiya jaxson,
Just boot off the CD and it will start the install sequence by itself. At the point where it asks what type of install you want to do (fresh install or repair), select fresh install. Then when it asks you where to install point it to the partition of your hard disk that contains XP already. You can also choose to delete your current partitions and create new ones for a totally fresh install, but backup your data first. Next, choose to format the partition in NTFS (for best results). Then just sit back and relax while the install completes.

The bootdisk from www.botdisk.com is a self-extracting archive. Just run it and have four fresh formatted 1.44 MB floppies handy. You don't really need the bootdisks if you can boot from CD, but it's always just as well to have them handy.

NPP

[Iman74]

Originally posted by force_flow2002 You shouldn't need a boot disk when installing XP. The CD itself is bootable. btw, freaky avatar Iman74. Congrats on hitting the magic number!

Thanks. It is kind of freaky.