How do I create an emergency boot disk?

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I would like to have a diskette that I can use to boot my Dell Dim. 2400 in
an emergency. I have XP Home

PC WORLD had an article that said how to do it:
To make one, insert a blank floppy disk into drive A:, select Start, All
Programs, Accessories, Command Prompt, type format a:, and press Enter. When
asked if you want to format another disk, type n and press Enter. Type the
following commands, pressing Enter after each one.

xcopy c:\boot.ini a: /h
xcopy c:\ntdetect.com a: /h
xcopy c:\ntldr a: /h



Well, I did this but it doesn't work. When I try and boot from it, it says
non-system diskette.

Any ideas?

Mel

 

[River_Rat]

Your XP Home CD is a bootable disk and should be all you ever need.

If you want a bootdisk you can get it here, it will take 6 blank floppies.
www.bootdisk.com


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Good Day
River_Rat




I would like to have a diskette that I can use to boot my Dell Dim. 2400 in
an emergency. I have XP Home

PC WORLD had an article that said how to do it:
To make one, insert a blank floppy disk into drive A:, select Start, All
Programs, Accessories, Command Prompt, type format a:, and press Enter. When
asked if you want to format another disk, type n and press Enter. Type the
following commands, pressing Enter after each one.

xcopy c:\boot.ini a: /h
xcopy c:\ntdetect.com a: /h
xcopy c:\ntldr a: /h



Well, I did this but it doesn't work. When I try and boot from it, it says
non-system diskette.

Any ideas?

Mel