CD-ROM Boot Disk created by CDENAB.EXE file

Question

Hi there,   Has any one used the CD-ROM boot disk created by the CDENAB.EXE file?  Do you find this CD-ROM boot disk useful?  Any suggestions and ideas.  Much Help Appreciated.  Thanks.   This CD-ROM boot disk enables you to boot to DOS with CD-ROM support.   When you have this CD-ROM boot disk in your A drive or floppy drive and restart your computer from the Windows login menu or from the Start Menu in the user account, you get the following display:   Starting Windows 95...                      Microsoft Windows 95 Startup Menu       1) Load NEC IDE CDROM driver     2) Load TOSHIBA IDE CDROM driver     3) Load HITACHI DVD CDROM driver     4) Load SCSI CDROM driver (Adaptec)     5) No CDROM Support       Enter a choice : 1            F5=Safe Mode     Shift + F5 = Command Prompt     Shift+ F8 = Step-by-Step Confirmation   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   The article on downloading and creating this CD-ROM boot disk is in Document Number: TT1030669 , Release Date: 01/12/2001

Egan1288 · Answer

Hi

Well Windows XP uses DOS too. You can boot right into DOS Mode after booting up from this

CD-ROM boot disk. The purpose may be that if you want to access your CD-ROM and

CD+/-RW drives OR DVD-ROM and DVD+/- RW drives or maybe a combo drives in order to

reinstall Windows XP operating system on the hard drive again or use the Windows XP CD to repair

your Windows XP operating system from corrupt registry.

Hope this gives you some ideas.

Denny Denham · Answer

Egan1288, I used that boot disk with my Windows 98 SE system. What purpose do you have for it with Windows XP?

Egan1288 · Answer

Here is the link to the Dell article on creating the CD-ROM boot disk by CDENAB.EXE file:

Denny Denham · Answer

Egan1288, There is no DOS in Windows XP. The Windows XP CD is bootable. There is no reason to have an emergency boot diskette in Windows XP.

Egan1288 · Answer

You are mistaken.  I talked to a Dell Hardware Technician and he says DOS is integrated into Windows XP.

Egan1288 · Answer

Why does Windows XP allow you create a DOS startup disk then?

Denny Denham · Answer

Egan1288,

I have no idea, it only allows you to boot to a DOS prompt from which you can do nothing. I'm glad to hear that you found a Dell tecnician to confirm that DOS is integrated into Windows XP. I'll pass that information along to Bill Gates, who is currently unaware of it. He'll be amazed, I'm sure.

Flooby · Answer

That would probably be the same misinformed Dell technician who was having people flash their system BIOS to update firmware on LG CDRW drives a while back.  :smileysurprised:  (Note to the uninitiated: This is not how one updates firmware.)

Egan1288 · Answer

Hi Denny Denham,   You might need to create another boot disk for an NTFS or FAT Partition in Windows XP if you have not done so.   Here is the article on Microsoft website for creating this boot disk:   http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;305595&spid=1173&sid=global

Denny Denham · Answer

Egan1288, As the article says, 'This step-by-step article describes how to create a boot disk for Windows XP to access a drive with a faulty boot sequence on an Intel-processor-based computer.' If I had a drive with a faulty boot sequence this might be useful, but restoring a cloned image of my drive will be faster.

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