Boot disk for XP pro with large hard disk drive

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I have a new machine with a 3.06GHz processor and a 120Gb
hard drive with Windows XP Professional pre-installed. My
problem is that upon making a boot disk for emergencies I
found that the hard drive wasn't recognised (didn't
exist). I assume that the Dos version which XP uses
cannot handle the 120Gb drive (NTFS - 1 partition). Can
anyone suggest a way around this problem? Because if I
need to boot from a floppy for some reason it's not going
to be of much use.
Thanks

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In Emergency you should boot from the Windows XP CD.

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Eric P. van Westendorp Tel: +31(0252)210579
Reigerslaan 22 2215NN Voorhout Netherlands

Chris wrote:
> I have a new machine with a 3.06GHz processor and a 120Gb
> hard drive with Windows XP Professional pre-installed. My
> problem is that upon making a boot disk for emergencies I
> found that the hard drive wasn't recognised (didn't
> exist). I assume that the Dos version which XP uses
> cannot handle the 120Gb drive (NTFS - 1 partition). Can
> anyone suggest a way around this problem? Because if I
> need to boot from a floppy for some reason it's not going
> to be of much use.
> Thanks

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