boot PC using floppy

[K L]

I have a working WIn XP system. But I want to make a floppy which I can use
to boot my PC incase XP crashes .. can this be done ? is so how?

 

[Mike Brannigan [MSFT]]

You can make a MS-DOS start up disk. See "Startup disk" in the online Help
and Support Center (on the Start button)However this disk will be of little
real use to you.
The CD is bootable and contains all the tools you needed to repair an
installation.

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[Christopher L]

How to Use System Files to Create a Boot Disk to Guard Against Being Unable
to Start Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314079

Create A XP Boot Disk from System Files
http://www.theeldergeek.com/create_xp_boot_disk.htm

 

[Bob Harris]

A Win 98/ME boot floppy will work to boot the PC, but if the disks are NTFS
you won't be able to see them, unless you get some special drivers for DOS.

A better bet is the XP recovery console run form the XP CDROM. It is a
DOS-like environment that can be used to fix a few things. However, it is a
very limited environment. For example, "COPY" works on a single file, but
not with woldcars, and "XCOPY" does not work at all. Be sure that you know
your administrator password!

Even better is to make a bootable CD via "PE builder", a free program that
takes some XP files, some freeware files, and produces an ISO-type file that
you then burn to CD. You will need a full-featured CD burner program like
Nero or Easy CD Cretaor. This CD will boot you into a windows-like
environment, with complete read/write access to the PC. It will also handle
external USB disks, if they are plugged-in before you boot via the CD.