Make a bootable floppy disk

[Ray]

I created a bootable floppy disk using the following method. It could boot
up the computer but could not read drive C: or USB devices. Can someone let
me know how to accomplish it.

Open Windows Explorer, Right Click the Floppy A: icon.
From the context menu choose Format. When the format
options appears, Check the box "Create an MS-DOS startup
disk." Optionally, you can name the disk by clicking in the
Volume label box and entering a short descriptor.

Thanks,

Ray

 

[Rock]

I created a bootable floppy disk using the following method. It could boot
up the computer but could not read drive C: or USB devices. Can someone let
me know how to accomplish it.

Open Windows Explorer, Right Click the Floppy A: icon.
From the context menu choose Format. When the format
options appears, Check the box "Create an MS-DOS startup
disk." Optionally, you can name the disk by clicking in the
Volume label box and entering a short descriptor.

Thanks,

Ray

The purpose of that bootable floppy in XP is much reduced because of
NTFS. All it's good for is booting up to do a BIOS flash. You use the
Windows installation CD to boot and perform recovery options. What is
it you're trying to do?

 

[Detlev Dreyer]

I created a bootable floppy disk using the following method. It could
boot up the computer but could not read drive C: or USB devices.

You've created an "MS-DOS startup disk" (DOS 8.0/Win Millenium 4900)
IIRC. Note that this startup disk cannot manage NTFS formatted drives.

Can someone let me know how to accomplish it.

"How to obtain Windows XP Setup boot disks"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310994/EN-US/

"How to use System files to create a boot disk to guard against being
unable to start Windows XP"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314079/EN-US/

 

[Darrell S]

I created a bootable floppy disk using the following method. It
could boot up the computer but could not read drive C: or USB
devices. Can someone let me know how to accomplish it.

Open Windows Explorer, Right Click the Floppy A: icon.
From the context menu choose Format. When the format
options appears, Check the box "Create an MS-DOS startup
disk." Optionally, you can name the disk by clicking in the
Volume label box and entering a short descriptor.

Thanks,

Ray

Your emergency boot disk is the Win XP CD. Make sure your BIOS is set to
boot first from a CD (if a bootable one is present). For normal bootups
without the CD installed it will look to the CD, see it's empty, look to the
floppy drive (if you're set that way), see it's empty, then boot from your
hard drive.

If you're having trouble booting to your hard drive, put the Win XP CD in
and reboot. This time it will reboot from the CD and you can do a
repair/install or whatever you wish.

 

[Peter]

I have just formatted my son's C drive set the BIOS to boot CD 1st and it
won't boot from the CD. The CD has booted on other machines.

Any ideas?

Peter

 

[ByTor]

I have just formatted my son's C drive set the BIOS to boot CD 1st and it
won't boot from the CD. The CD has booted on other machines.

Any ideas?

Peter

You can create floppies:

http://www.bootdisk.com/

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

Try using the boot disks:

Using the WinXP Boot floppy set:
http://www.rickrogers.org/fixes.htm#Boot floppy

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Plato]

I have just formatted my son's C drive set the BIOS to boot CD 1st and it
won't boot from the CD. The CD has booted on other machines.

Any ideas?

http://www.bootdisk.com/bootlist/202.htm#3