Windows XP recovery or start-up floppy

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Richard

How do I update my XP recovery floppy? After copying across the whole XP
partition to another drive using Partition Magic, the program told me I
should now update my recovery floppy. How do I do this. I found I could
make a recovery floppy from within Partition Magic, but I assume this is not
quite the same thing, otherwise it would have told me to do it using that
program.

Thanks in advance to any guru who can help.

Richard


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Richard said:
How do I update my XP recovery floppy? After copying across the whole XP
partition to another drive using Partition Magic, the program told me I
should now update my recovery floppy. How do I do this. I found I could
make a recovery floppy from within Partition Magic, but I assume this is not
quite the same thing, otherwise it would have told me to do it using that
program.
Click to expand...

The boot disk for PM should be okay for to troubleshoot serious
problems with the boot settings. Windows XP by default does not come
with a boot disk.
 
Thank you Thorsten.

But just out of interest, how do I create a start-up disk from within XP?
I am sure I saw a way when I had 2000 Pro, but I have looked in Control
Panel and tried the Help files - nothing.

What would (or anybody else for that matter) do with the new breed of
computers that do not have a floppy drive?

I was looking at the new Sony with windscreen LED display this afternoon.
Great until it crashes and you have to re-format, etc. I have no
confidence in computers that run with Windows.

Richard
 
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