Create boot-up disk

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Windows XP SP3

Most things you want to do you are asked to bootup from your Windows XP
installation CD. I have tried to use OEM WinXP recovery CD, an streamed
WinXP SP2 and somebody else's Win XP SP3 disk and in all cases I get the
warning that "... the files in my computer are later version than the CD's.

How can I produce a bootup disk from my computer with Windows XP SP3 and the
lastest updates?

 

[Pegasus [MVP]]

Windows XP SP3

Most things you want to do you are asked to bootup from your Windows XP
installation CD. I have tried to use OEM WinXP recovery CD, an streamed
WinXP SP2 and somebody else's Win XP SP3 disk and in all cases I get the
warning that "... the files in my computer are later version than the
CD's.

How can I produce a bootup disk from my computer with Windows XP SP3 and
the lastest updates?

"Most things" sounds great but would you care to give us an example that
requires a WinXP boot CD?

 

[tatar]

Yes, I want to fix my MBR error 3 and also to create Recovery console.

 

[tatar]

Also to start from the CD if computer fails to start from HDD. My OEM CD
will recover it to its original condition with all data lost.

 

[Pegasus [MVP]]

To boot into the Windows Recovery Console, boot the machine with your WinXP
installation CD.

What program reports "MBR Error 3"? What program do you want to use to fix
it?

 

[tatar]

I intend to use fixmbr. Complications are that my original setup was a
single HDD. I added a second one and partitioned the first one into C:System
and Data. Second HDD partitioned into Eage File and F:Office programs.
My OEM installation disk is not aware of the changes and in Recovery console
list D: as an empty Page file. I do not know what will happen if I run
fixmbr with my OEM CD.

 

[Mark Adams]

Yes, I want to fix my MBR error 3 and also to create Recovery console.

Put your XP CD in the drive and reboot the machine. Enter the BIOS and set
it to boot from CD first. Exit the BIOS and allow the machine to continue.
When you see "Press any key to boot from CD" press any key. Follow the
instructions in "Option 2" here:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314058

The Windows XP CD is already bootable and it includes Recovery Console.

 

[Mark Adams]

Also to start from the CD if computer fails to start from HDD. My OEM CD
will recover it to its original condition with all data lost.

Then your OEM CD is a "recovery disk" and not a Windows XP "install disk".
Borrow an unbranded OEM or an upgrade or full retail install CD at any
service pack level. Any of these should allow you to boot to Recovery Console
in order to fix the master boot record.

 

[dadiOH]

Also to start from the CD if computer fails to start from HDD. My OEM
CD will recover it to its original condition with all data lost.

The files needed for that are the same ones that are on a boot floppy. You
can take them from one and use a capable CD burner program to make a boot
CD. You can also add other files/programs to the basic floppy ones if you
want other utilities available. Using a boot CD - or boot floppy - doesn't
get you into Windows, of course.

You could also use a Linux "live" CD (one that runs Linux from the CD).

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[Pegasus [MVP]]

Installation CDs are never aware of your partitioning scheme. They are all
the same (ignoring differences such as OEM/Retail which are irrelevant
here). Just boot into the Recovery Console, using your original WinXP
installation CD, and run the fixmbr command. You do not need any special
boot CD.

 

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Thanks. I shall backup system disk and carry out fixmbr.

 

[Pegasus [MVP]]

There is a much easier way. It goes like this:
1. Format a floppy disk on a WinXP or Win2000 machine.
2. Copy the following files to it:
ntldr
ntdetect.com
boot.ini
3. Boot the machine with this floppy disk (or burn a bootable CD from it)

If it works then you know that you can boot up your system, regardless of
what commands you run to fix or modify the boot environment on your hard
disk(s).

 

[noone]

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Then your OEM CD is a "recovery disk" and not a Windows XP "install
disk".

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That's what the OP said in the beginning of this thread

 

[Mark Adams]

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That's what the OP said in the beginning of this thread
.

If you reread the original post:

"Most things you want to do you are asked to bootup from your Windows XP
installation CD. I have tried to use OEM WinXP recovery CD, an streamed
WinXP SP2 and somebody else's Win XP SP3 disk and in all cases I get the
warning that "... the files in my computer are later version than the CD's."

The OP has tried SP2 and SP3 install disks to no avail. This is because he
is trying to run Recovery Console from within Windows. You must boot from the
install disk to do this, which is why I gave him the instructions that I did.
Recovery disks don't have Recovery Console, they only recover the machine to
its original condition with all data lost-- which is what the OP said.