windows xp to make start up boot disk

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i have upgraded from ME to XP under ME in add and remove programs there was a place to make a start up disk under XP i cant seem to find it can someone help i hope it isnt a back up disk cuz that seems to take days to make on floppy's
 
karen said:
i have upgraded from ME to XP under ME in add and remove programs there
was a place to make a start up disk under XP i cant seem to find it can
someone help i hope it isnt a back up disk cuz that seems to take days to
make on floppy's
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Hi,

In XP, there is no such animal, as you don't need a startup disk like in
98/ME to reload Windows, or boot to it to make amends to faults in the
operating system, like ME. The XP CD install disk is a bootable disk and can
perform all the things necesssary for the XP operating system.
 
You can copy the files boot.ini, ntldr and ntdetect.com into a
formatted diskette and this will be a boot disk.

For systems that cannot boot from a cdrom drive, you can download from
Microsoft site:

windows xp home- www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?ReleaseID=33290
windows xp professional -
www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?ReleaseID=33291

windows xp home SP1-
www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?ReleaseID=42818
windows xp professional SP1 -
www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?ReleaseID=42819

Hung
 
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