Boot Diskette?

[Dan Allen]

Hi,

I don't know if this is a stupid question, but is there a
way to make a system boot diskette in XP?

Put another way, what do I do if one day I start my
computer and it won't boot? How would I recover data from
a hosed system disk?

Is there a way to boot a system with a diskette anymore,
or did that go out the window with Windows XP?

As always, any information on these questions will be most
greatly appreciated.

Best regards,
-Dan Allen
DanAllen.Com
www.danallen.com

 

[PaulM]

You would boot with your XP CD.

Or here www.bootdisk.com

 

[Wesley]

Insert Diskette. Go to my computer. right click the
floppy drive, and go to format choose the option to creat
an MS-DOS startup disk (towards the bottom)

--But heck what do I know I'm just 15--

 

[Ken Blake]

In

I don't know if this is a stupid question, but is there a
way to make a system boot diskette in XP?

Put another way, what do I do if one day I start my
computer and it won't boot? How would I recover data from
a hosed system disk?

Is there a way to boot a system with a diskette anymore,
or did that go out the window with Windows XP?

As always, any information on these questions will be most
greatly appreciated.

If you have a Windows XP installation CD, it's bootable, and
that's your emergency startup disk.

You can also download a diskette set from Microsoft.

XP Home:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...familyid=e8fe6868-6e4f-471c-b455-bd5afee126d8

XP Professional:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...familyid=55820edb-5039-4955-bcb7-4fed408ea73f

 

[Alex Nichol]

I don't know if this is a stupid question, but is there a
way to make a system boot diskette in XP?

Put another way, what do I do if one day I start my
computer and it won't boot? How would I recover data from
a hosed system disk?

Is there a way to boot a system with a diskette anymore,
or did that go out the window with Windows XP?

The equivalent is done by booting the XP CD direct, and using the R
option (do a search in Help and Support for "Recovery Console Commands")

If you do not have a proper CD, you can get the means to make a set of
six floppies to achieve the same from
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;310994