Startup Disks

[Guest]

I understand that for windows xp you may need to have 6 startup disks. I
understand that during to installation the disks make the hardware ready for
installation.

Is there anyone there to explain or direct me to a comprehensive explanation
please? What exacly happens during the startup disks?

regards,

 

[You Know Who ~]

I have no idea why anyone would want or need six startup discs

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YKW~

"When the fifteen dwarves had dwindled to eight.....
everyone became very suspicious of Hungry."
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[Gordon]

I understand that for windows xp you may need to have 6 startup disks.

Only if your BIOS is incapable of booting from CD......

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I understand that for windows xp you may need to have 6 startup disks. I
understand that during to installation the disks make the hardware ready for
installation.

Is there anyone there to explain or direct me to a comprehensive explanation
please? What exacly happens during the startup disks?

regards,

You do not need startup disks. Simply boot the machine
with your WinXP CD and follow the prompts.

 

[Gordon]

I have no idea why anyone would want or need six startup discs

Some older BIOSes wouldn't allow booting from CD....

 

[Guest]

You ara right you don't need to have disks to boot. I think that is not my
question. My question is what happens during installation of these 6 disks
(if they are used!). What files or drivers are loaded. What these files do
and so on?

PS: If you have copied xp installation CD to another as drag and drop
without CD burner software then you may need to have bootable disks.

 

[You Know Who ~]

John,
I don't think anyone here would have to time to list all the files that are
installed, and I doubt you would be willing to devote the time to reading
such a list. It's a big operating system and lots is going on during an
install.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

See below.

You ara right you don't need to have disks to boot. I think that is not my
question. My question is what happens during installation of these 6 disks
(if they are used!). What files or drivers are loaded. What these files do
and so on?

The installation process loads a large number of drivers that
are required to start Windows.

PS: If you have copied xp installation CD to another as drag and drop
without CD burner software then you may need to have bootable disks.

This is self-inflicted punishment. "Drag & Drop" is not the right
way to make a copy of a CD.

 

[Gordon]

You ara right you don't need to have disks to boot. I think that is not my
question. My question is what happens during installation of these 6 disks
(if they are used!). What files or drivers are loaded. What these files do
and so on?

basically it's an expanded version of the Win98 boot disk - the prime
function is to make the CD available...

 

[Rock]

I understand that for windows xp you may need to have 6 startup disks. I
understand that during to installation the disks make the hardware ready
for
installation.

Is there anyone there to explain or direct me to a comprehensive
explanation
please? What exacly happens during the startup disks?

See for yourself.

How to obtain Windows XP Setup boot disks
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310994/en-us

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

basically it's an expanded version of the Win98 boot disk - the prime
function is to make the CD available...

I beg to disagree. A Win98 boot disk starts a DOS session.
A set of WinXP boot disks will have no DOS stuff whatsoever -
it's all Windows drivers.