Please help create boot floppy discs for Windows XP Pro

[Guest]

Guys please help me.
On january 1st my PC with Windows Xp Pro shut down, when i started my
computer i got a message: Please insert boot diskette in driver "A"
I didn't insert a new device.
I have 1 gb. memory
Intel 2.66 processor.
MSI mother board
Computer is custom made and i dont have any utility recovery cd.
I tried creating a boot diskette from other computer with Windows XP Home Edd.
but i couldn't.
Please help me create boot floppy disk for Windows XP Pro. on Computer with
Windows XP Home.

 

[DevasX]

How To Create a Boot Disk for an NTFS or FAT Partition in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=305595

How to obtain Windows XP Setup boot disks
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310994

However, if you can boot from CD, it might be easier to boot from the cd and
to copy
NTLDR and ntdetect.com from the i386 directory using recovery console
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314058/EN-US/

good luck.

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

Were you using the floppy drive prior to restarting your PC? If so, try
clearing the Recent Documents list.

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Will Denny
MS MVP Windows Shell/User
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