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December 1st, 2003 23:00
Bootable Floppy with Windows XP?
Hey all.
I have a question regarding creating an ERD or bootable floppy disk with WIN XP. I always had one handy with our old OS: WIN 98 SE. I know WIN XP is more stable, but I still would like to have a bootable floppy ready just in case.
I looked at the C: partiton properties for the "Create Bootable/Emergency Disk" as in WIN 98, but it was nowhere to be found. I even looked into the basic minumin boot floppy option with the Command Prompt (Format a:\s) and the \s feature doesn't seem to be available (I typed "Format\?"). So, back to my original question: How do I create a bootable floppy for WIN XP?
Another side question: Would the prompt command : "sys C: A:" create said bootable floppy?
I would apprecieate any responces, and I thank anyone who replies.
Take care.
joat77
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December 2nd, 2003 00:00
Win XP has 2 versions of a "boot floppy"
The first is a MS-DOS boot disk and this is created by placing a blank floppy into drive A: and then right clicking, go to format, and choose create MS-DOS boot disk. However this type of disk is only good if your file system in XP is formatted as FAT 32 rather than NTFS. If you have NTFS the boot floppy will not see drive C:\
The second method will create a boot floppy for NTFS using your current setup for boot.ini and NTLDR. This disk would be of use if your boot sector becomes corrupt or can not boot for some other reason. Instructions to creat this disk are from MS KB article at http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;305595
redwolfe_98
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December 2nd, 2003 01:00
i think you can create a boot disk by rightclicking "a:" and selecting the "create boot disk" option. here is some info about one boot-floppy i created for "just in case" of "missing ntldr file": http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q314079
Message Edited by redwolfe_98 on 12-02-2003 02:59 AM
LeafsMan
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December 2nd, 2003 01:00
Thanks joat77.
Ya, we have the NTFS file system. I knew you could copy system files to a flopy in the WIN 98 format option in Windows Explorer using the method you said for the FAT 32 file system, but I hadn't looked into that same option with XP. As it turns out, even if I had stumbled upon it, with out NTFS File system, it wouldn't have worked anyways.
Thanks agian.