How do I make a boot disk with CDrom support.

[Kevin J. Nielsen]

I need to reinstall Windows XP on my laptop and I need a boot disk that will
enable my CDrom. I have searched but I cant find out how to do it in
windows xp, it was easy in all the previous versions but in xp all I can do
is make a bootable floppy without cdrom support.


Any Help would be greatly appreciated

Thank You

Kevin Nielsen

 

[BR549]

Go to bootdisk.com and you can download a floppy image there with cdrom
support. The XP cd is bootable, just change your bios to boot from it and
you can format and install, no need for a floppy.

 

[Harry Ohrn]

XP uses a 6 floppy bootdisk set. You can download the setup file from here
making certain you download the correct setup file for your version
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?releaseid=33290 Home
Edition
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?releaseid=33291 Pro
Edition

 

[Kevin J. Nielsen]

Thank You very much. And thank you for your prompt response. I should be
able to get what I need from there. I was just thinking that, like all the
previous versions of Windows, I could create an emergency boot disk with
CDrom support, but I guess XP has no such support built in.

Kevin

XP uses a 6 floppy bootdisk set. You can download the setup file from here
making certain you download the correct setup file for your version
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?releaseid=33290 Home
Edition
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?releaseid=33291 Pro
Edition
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Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp

I need to reinstall Windows XP on my laptop and I need a boot disk that
will
enable my CDrom. I have searched but I cant find out how to do it in
windows xp, it was easy in all the previous versions but in xp all I can
do
is make a bootable floppy without cdrom support.


Any Help would be greatly appreciated

Thank You

Kevin Nielsen

 

[Kevin J. Nielsen]

Thank you for you prompt response. I was able to boot from the CD and
reinstall.

What I was trying to do is boot with CDrom support and copy the CD to my
second partition and install from there because the install goes about 10
times faster when installing from the Hard drive. Also, the files are
always there so I dont ever get the message "please insert CD"

I went to bootdisk.com and received the message "The page is currently
unavailable" Is there really such a website?

Kevin

 

[Yves Leclerc]

XP only creates a MS-DOS boot disk. If the booting drive is FAT32, this
boot disk will work. If you are using NTFS, then no DOS boot disk will ever
find the boot drive partition(s).

Y.

Thank You very much. And thank you for your prompt response. I should be
able to get what I need from there. I was just thinking that, like all the
previous versions of Windows, I could create an emergency boot disk with
CDrom support, but I guess XP has no such support built in.

Kevin

XP uses a 6 floppy bootdisk set. You can download the setup file from here
making certain you download the correct setup file for your version
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?releaseid=33290 Home
Edition
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?releaseid=33291 Pro
Edition
--

Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp

I need to reinstall Windows XP on my laptop and I need a boot disk that
will
enable my CDrom. I have searched but I cant find out how to do it in
windows xp, it was easy in all the previous versions but in xp all I can
do
is make a bootable floppy without cdrom support.


Any Help would be greatly appreciated

Thank You

Kevin Nielsen

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Boot diskettes are a thing of the past, as all legitimate WinXP
installation CDs are already bootable. (And 3.5" disk drives are also
becoming something of a rarity.)

Simply boot from the WinXP installation CD. You'll be offered
the opportunity to delete, create, and format partitions as part of
the installation process. (You may need to re-arrange the order of
boot devices in the PC's BIOS to boot from the CD.)

HOW TO Install Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;316941

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/clean_install.htm


Bruce Chambers

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[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Simply copy the \i386 folder from the CD to the desired location
on the hard drive, and then modify the registry to point to that
location.

Using REGEDIT.EXE, modify the
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup\Installation
Sources &
Source Path values.


Bruce Chambers

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[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

No, because there's no need. The WinXP CD is bootable, and
provides access to the Recovery Console.

Description of the Windows XP Recovery Console
http://support.microsoft.com/directory/article.asp?ID=kb;en-us;Q314058


Bruce Chambers

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You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
having both at once. -- RAH

Thank You very much. And thank you for your prompt response. I should be
able to get what I need from there. I was just thinking that, like all the
previous versions of Windows, I could create an emergency boot disk with
CDrom support, but I guess XP has no such support built in.

Kevin

XP uses a 6 floppy bootdisk set. You can download the setup file from here
making certain you download the correct setup file for your version
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?releaseid=33290 Home
Edition
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?releaseid=33291 Pro
Edition
--

Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp

I need to reinstall Windows XP on my laptop and I need a boot disk that
will
enable my CDrom. I have searched but I cant find out how to do it in
windows xp, it was easy in all the previous versions but in xp

all I
can

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

In

I need to reinstall Windows XP on my laptop and I need a boot disk
that will enable my CDrom.

You probably don't need it. If you have a Windows XP installation
CD, it's bootable, and that's your emergency startup disk.

However, you can download diskettes here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/results.aspx?productID=&freetext=boot+disk&DisplayLang=en