Deb said:
How can I copy the application to floppy disks when the error
indicates that the destination disk is not large enough to copy the
information to? I was all ready with 6 floppy disks to download the
bootable information so that I could boot up my XP from the floppy
drive, and I can't get started as it won't copy to the A:\ drive as
there is not enough room on the target disks. Does there need to be
partitioning on the A:\ disks or is there anything else I can do? I
can't get to BIOS at all when I hit Cntrl Alt or any function key.
Also what does it mean when it says "keyboard error 42-301" or
"keyboard error - IC-301" - my keyboard looks fine and I am using
it with the navigation keys, etc. I am so confused !!!
Download the file to your hard drive, then click on the file and it will
instruct you to insert a floppy into the drive. follow onscreen instruction
to make the set of six floppies.
BTW, below is the text from the web page you download the floppy boot disks
from.
Creating the Setup Disks
When you download the Setup disks, the download contains only one large
program file. When you run the downloaded file, it extracts the files. You
receive the following prompt:
This program creates the Setup boot disks for Microsoft Windows XP. To
create these disks, you need to provide 6 blank, formatted, high-density
disks.
Please specify the floppy drive to copy the images to:
Type the drive letter for the floppy disk drive (this is typically drive A).
After you type the floppy disk drive letter, you see the following prompt:
Insert one of these disks into drive drive letter:. This disk will become
the Windows XP Setup Boot Disk.
Press any key when you are ready.
When you press a key, the downloaded file starts extracting and copying the
files. Continue inserting the blank disks as you are prompted to do so until
all six disks are created. If the process is interrupted you must run the
downloaded program file again to create all six disks.
Make sure to label each disk appropriately with the number that is specified
by the program. You will have to use the disks in the correct order during
the Setup process.
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Michael Stevens MS-MVP XP
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