XP Pro boot disks

[Trick000]

I created a boot disk through format a: /s
in xp pro. When I boot from the floppy it doesn't recognize the primary partition. Is it because of file system differences? I would think that xp boot disks would boot into an ntfs file system. Also when I type ver it says it's a windows ME command.com version. It's probably because I upgraded from ME.

I guess my question would be: is there a way to create a boot disk that would allow me to access an NTFS partition?

[bailey]

xp does not have dos in it

the boot disk only will give you the a prompt.

there is no dos commands on the boot disk that you can use for anything except flashing the bios if you have the bios loaded on the floppy disk with it

other than that you will not have any access to anything

[andyms18a]

you can use the xp cd to boot with and use the recovery consol to get a form of dos control ie copying files to a difrent hd or flopy and repairing the mbr see this link for recovery concall comands http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;307654

[RJ]

What exactly do you want to do . .why do you want to have access to your partition from a boot disk ?

RJ

[Trick000]

I wanted to try scanning for viruses from a clean boot disk.