Emergency startup disk.

[Guest]

Help! I know this is stupid, but my dog ATE my emergency startup disk. I have
Sp2 installed now, so when I tried to create a new one the computer said the
version on the computer was new than the one on the disk. How can I create a
startup disk without using my original XP disk?

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

www.bootdisk.com

However, a startup disk is useless for most things in WinXP, unless you are
using FAT32 for the file system. In WinXP, you would use the Recovery
Console for emergencies.

HOW TO: Install and Use the Recovery Console in Windows XP [Q307654]
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307654

Or, alternately if the system was preinstalled and you don't have a regular
WindowsXP CD:

Using the WinXP Boot floppy set:
http://www.rickrogers.org/fixes.htm#Boot floppy

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org