emergency boot disk

G

Guest

How do I make an emergency boot-up disk for Windows XP, Home Edition? I cannot find this anywhere.
 
K

Kaylene aka Taurarian

Dave, the Win CD is bootable, but if you want, check these links

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;310994
Obtaining Windows XP Setup Boot Disks

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;305595
HOW TO: Create a Boot Disk for an NTFS or FAT Partition in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q314079
How to Use System Files to Create a Boot Disk to Guard Against Being Unable to
Start Windows XP


Dave said:
How do I make an emergency boot-up disk for Windows XP, Home Edition? I cannot
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find this anywhere.
 
J

JWooden271

Your WindowsXP install disc is your recovery disc. It has a (half-baked)
"recovery console" tool. A DOS boot disk (like those made by Win9x) is
utterly useless (other than for format and fdisk) on a machine with WinXP
with NTFS.
 

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