Windows XP Home Edition Boot Disk

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Hi

Does any one know if I need create any other floppy boot disk other than
MS-DOS Start Up Boot Disk? The MS-DOS Start Up Boot Disk created from
Windows XP Home Edition does not contain any useful DOS commands. How do you
access the CD-ROM drives if this MS-DOS Start UP Boot Disk only boots to DOS
to an A prompt?


Much help appreciated.

Thanks.

Egan
 
Egan said:
Hi

Does any one know if I need create any other floppy boot disk other than
MS-DOS Start Up Boot Disk? The MS-DOS Start Up Boot Disk created from
Windows XP Home Edition does not contain any useful DOS commands. How do you
access the CD-ROM drives if this MS-DOS Start UP Boot Disk only boots to DOS
to an A prompt?


Much help appreciated.

Thanks.

Egan
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You can get a Win98 boot disk with a CD driver from here:
www.bootdisk.com.
 
You shouldn't need to create a floppy boot disk if you are installing
Windows, unless your CD drive is not bootable. You should just be able to
boot directly to your XP Home CD.

If not, you can head over to http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm and
download the correct boot disk.
 
Not sure of your desire/need to have/use floppy disk to access cd drive?

why? Computers now can boot fom cd drive if cd is bootable.
that make sense?
 
Egan said:
Hi

Does any one know if I need create any other floppy boot disk other than
MS-DOS Start Up Boot Disk? The MS-DOS Start Up Boot Disk created from
Windows XP Home Edition does not contain any useful DOS commands. How do you
access the CD-ROM drives if this MS-DOS Start UP Boot Disk only boots to DOS
to an A prompt?


Much help appreciated.

Thanks.

Egan
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Why do you want to create one? The XP CD is bootable.
 
Egan said:
Hi

Does any one know if I need create any other floppy boot disk other than
MS-DOS Start Up Boot Disk?
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That would depend entirely upon what you're trying to accomplish. On
modern computers, with a modern OS, such as WinXP, the only real purpose
an MS-DOS boot disk would serve is to facilitate flashing the BIOS.
Otherwise, boot diskettes are things of the past.

The MS-DOS Start Up Boot Disk created from
Windows XP Home Edition does not contain any useful DOS commands.
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It contains everything needed to boot the PC into MS-DOS, so that you
can run the motherboard manufacturer's BIOS flash utility. That's all
it needs to do.

How do you
access the CD-ROM drives if this MS-DOS Start UP Boot Disk only boots to DOS
to an A prompt?
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Obtain the necessary MS-DOS device drives from the CD drive's
manufacturer, place them on the diskette, and then modify the
Autoexec.bat and Config.sys files in accordance with the directions
provided by the CD drive's manufacturer.

What are you trying to do? If you're trying to install/reinstall the
OS, simply boot from the WinXP CD; all legitimate installation CDs are
bootable.



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