Creating System Disk

[Gordon Burgess-Parker]

Is there a way of creating the System Disk without going through ASR? And
how do I update it (as the Windows Update patches say)? I've done a fairly
exhaustive search of Help and Support and can't find anything.

XP PRO SP1

Ta!

 

[Sharon F]

Is there a way of creating the System Disk without going through ASR? And
how do I update it (as the Windows Update patches say)? I've done a fairly
exhaustive search of Help and Support and can't find anything.

XP PRO SP1

Ta!

There is no startup disk per se. Different alternatives for different
situations are available.

--The XP CD is bootable

--Windows Explorer can create a MS-DOS boot floppy (it's one of the Format
options)

--There's a multiple disk set for running XP setup:
Obtaining Windows XP Setup Boot Disks
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;310994

--And a single disk that can be used to boot to the operating system:
HOW TO: Create a Boot Disk for an NTFS or FAT Partition in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;305595

 

[Sharon F]

Is there a way of creating the System Disk without going through ASR? And
how do I update it (as the Windows Update patches say)? I've done a fairly
exhaustive search of Help and Support and can't find anything.

XP PRO SP1

Ta!

There is no startup disk per se. Different alternatives for different
situations are available.

--The XP CD is bootable

--Windows Explorer can create a MS-DOS boot floppy (it's one of the Format
options)

--There's a multiple disk set for running XP setup:
Obtaining Windows XP Setup Boot Disks
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;310994

--And a single disk that can be used to boot to the operating system:
HOW TO: Create a Boot Disk for an NTFS or FAT Partition in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;305595

 

[Thorsten Matzner]

Is there a way of creating the System Disk without going through ASR?

See "Creating a Boot Disk for an NTFS or FAT Partition"
(http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=311073) and "How to Use System
Files to Create a Boot Disk to Guard Against Being Unable to Start
Windows XP" (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314079).

 

[Gordon Burgess-Parker]

There is no startup disk per se. Different alternatives for different
situations are available.

--The XP CD is bootable

--Windows Explorer can create a MS-DOS boot floppy (it's one of the
Format options)

--There's a multiple disk set for running XP setup:
Obtaining Windows XP Setup Boot Disks
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;310994

--And a single disk that can be used to boot to the operating system:
HOW TO: Create a Boot Disk for an NTFS or FAT Partition in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;305595

I'm not talking about a BOOT disk, this is the SYSTEM disk which is created
when ASR is completed, and that you are told to update when installing
Windows Update patches.