Bootable floppy

[TCRM]

I need to make a bootable floppy to install a new BIOS?
How do I do that in XP Home Ed?

Thanks

Theo

 

[Will Denny]

Hi Theo

With disk in the floppy drive, open Windows Explorer, right click on the icon for the A: drive and select Format>Create an MS-DOS startup disk.

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Will Denny
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User


| I need to make a bootable floppy to install a new BIOS?
| How do I do that in XP Home Ed?
|
| Thanks
|
| Theo

 

[*Vanguard*]

"Will Denny" said in news:[email protected]:

Hi Theo

With disk in the floppy drive, open Windows Explorer, right click on
the icon for the A: drive and select Format>Create an MS-DOS startup
disk.

Will that make an independent DOS bootable floppy? Or does that just
make a floppy that can be used to load the NT kernel? In the past with
Windows NT/2000, I had to go to http://www.bootdisk.com/ to get a
bootable floppy image. I don't need that under Windows XP anymore?
Does this Windows XP-generated DOS bootable floppy also include the
config.sys drivers and autoexec.bat commands to load support for the CD
drive so you can use it while under DOS?

 

[Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\)]

No, you'll need to return to www.bootdisk.com.

 

[Walter Clayton]

That creates a DOS diskette. It contains io.sys, msdos.sys, command.com and
is incapable of booting any NT kernel.

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Walter Clayton - MS MVP(WinXP)
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
http://www.dts-l.org

 

[Chen]

What are you using for motherboard?



Usually, the "bios update program" makes a working, bootable floppy by
itself without any interference by the user...



// Chen