MS-DOS boot disk created from XP

[Vladimir]

I have created MS-DOS startup disk (floppy) on XP computer for the
future use of "Ghost 2003" (which is a DOS program...)When I try to
boot from this disk Windows XP is still started and not MS-DOS as
expected; any reason/idea?

 

[Richard Urban [MVP]]

Change your boot sequence in the computers bios. Many are configured for the
following:

1st = Floppy Disk
2nd = CD
3rd = Hard Drive

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from: George Ankner
"If you knew as much as you thought you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!"

 

[R. C. White]

Hi, Vladimir.

HOW did you create the startup floppy? By right-clicking Drive A: in My
Computer and choosing Format? Or some other way?

HOW are you trying to boot from it? Do you set the floppy as the boot
device in your computer's BIOS, then put the floppy in the drive and reboot?

I know it doesn't help you, but "It works for me!" ;^}

Some posters have asked about creating a WinXP startup floppy and we have
told them how to do that (by copying the WinXP boot sector and startup files
to the floppy). That, of course, is quite different from the MS-DOS startup
floppy.

If you tell us step by step what you are doing and what results you are
seeing, we should be able to help.

It might also help to tell us the make and model of your computer (or mobo,
if you built it yourself).

RC

 

[Ken Blake]

I have created MS-DOS startup disk (floppy) on XP computer for
the
future use of "Ghost 2003" (which is a DOS program...)When I
try to
boot from this disk Windows XP is still started and not MS-DOS
as
expected; any reason/idea?

You apparently are assuming that computers will try to boot from
the floppy disk before the hard drive. That is not necessarily
correct (and in your case is not).

The order in which it tries to boot from the various devices is a
configurable one, and is set in the BIOS setup program. You
normally can create an order for at least three (and sometimes
more) devices: the CD drive, the hard drive, and the floppy
drive. Your system is obviously set so that the hard drive comes
before the floppy.

If you don't know how to get into the BIOS setup program, how to
get into your BIOS depends, not on Windows, but on what
motherboard/BIOS you have. As a matter of fact, you have to
access the BIOS before Windows even starts to boot. One common
way is to press the Del key when you first power on, but that's
not necessarily right for your computer. Watch the screen
carefully when you first boot; there's often a message there
telling you what to do. If not, check your system documentation
or check with your vendor.
Also look here:
http://michaelstevenstech.com/bios_manufacturer.htm

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

You need to enter the BIOS and set floppy drive before the hard drive in the
boot sequence.
Check your motherboard/computer manual for BIOS details.

Are you sure the Ghost CD is not bootable?

 

[Harry Ohrn]

Check your BIOS to ensure that the floppy drive is listed before the Hard
Drive in the Boot Sequence order. Your motherboard manual will tell you how
to do this.