Startup disk

[Marv Wade]

In previous versions of Windows I was able to create an emergency start-up
disk to use if the system would not boot normally. I am unable to find this
in XP. Is it still there?

My problem is that Windows will no longer boot from the hard drive and
cannot boot in safe mode. I need to reformat the hard rive and reinstall
Windows using the HP Repair disks. When I try to run from the repair disk
I get numerous messages that certain files not were not found.

I want to do a complete clean install but the hard drive needs to be
formatted first.


MArv

 

[S.Sengupta]

Hi!
if you use XP original CD then it must be bootable so there is no need
to make XP Startup disks manually.
"Obtaining Windows XP Setup Boot Disks"
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q310994
To perform a clean install XP;visit:-
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

regards,
ssg MS-MVP
pronetworks.org