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Is there such a thing as an xp boot disk? Has there ever been
anything since the 98se disk?
thanks
Tim
 
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Is there such a thing as an xp boot disk? Has there ever been
anything since the 98se disk?
thanks
Tim
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Instead you should get yourself a 31/2 floppy and put it
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in the 31/2 drive then go directly to help and
support.You can find this by going to the start button on
your taskbar then navigating to help and support. You
will then look for the search text box and type in help?
no I am just kidding you can type in boot disk and get
all the help you need.
 
Is there such a thing as an xp boot disk? Has there ever been
anything since the 98se disk?
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Tim,

you can make one yourself by following the advice in
http://www.michna.com/kb/WxMove.htm.

I just hope you're not mistakenly believing you could boot an
entire operating system worth several hundred MB from floppy
disks.

Hans-Georg
 
Thanks all for you help and humor. :). I'm self taught, but do know
you need a 700mb disk for xp. I even managed to slipstream my copy of
xp with sp2. Thanks again.
Tim
 
You need to copy these files to a formatted floppy: boot.ini, ntdetect.com and ntldr. With this disk you can boot XP (provided that hal.dll is still good) see "Use System Files to Create a Boot Disk to Guard Against Being Unable to Start Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q314079".



The MS-DOS disk described by others boots to DOS from WINME and that doesn't see NTFS files. It is a good disk for flashing the BIOS and not much else.


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Just my 2¢ worth,
Jeff
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| Thanks all for you help and humor. :). I'm self taught, but do know
| you need a 700mb disk for xp. I even managed to slipstream my copy of
| xp with sp2. Thanks again.
| Tim
| On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 16:41:12 +0200, Hans-Georg Michna
| <[email protected]> wrote:
 
Thanks, makes sense. What would happen if I just put those files on a
98 setup diskette? Throw a hal.dll on there too. I've got enough
information to keep me busy.
Thanks
 
Putting these files on a Win9x-formatted floppy disk will not work,
because the disk lacks the WinXP boot sector that invokes
a:\ntldr and/or a:\ntdetect.com. Why don't you try it for yourself?

tim said:
Thanks, makes sense. What would happen if I just put those files on a
98 setup diskette? Throw a hal.dll on there too. I've got enough
information to keep me busy.
Thanks
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ntdetect.com and ntldr. With this disk you can boot XP (provided that
hal.dll is still good) see "Use System Files to Create a Boot Disk to Guard
Against Being Unable to Start Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q314079".doesn't see NTFS files. It is a good disk for flashing the BIOS and not
much else.
 
I'm sorry for asking too many questions without being educated about
what it is I'm even asking. I was just originally wondering if there
was a newer setup floppy similar to 98. Not for any particular
reason. I'll try to get more info on my own.
Thanks
Tim
 
I'm sorry for asking too many questions without being educated about
what it is I'm even asking. I was just originally wondering if there
was a newer setup floppy similar to 98. Not for any particular
reason. I'll try to get more info on my own.
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Tim,

ah, if it's a setup floppy you're after, that's available, but
according to Microsoft you need five. You need those when your
computer cannot boot from the CD-ROM drive.

Now for the source. You could try www.bootdisk.com, but they're
also available from Microsoft. I just don't have the link on
hand.

It seems that www.bootdisk.com has a one diskette solution, but
I didn't look long enough.

Hans-Georg
 
Actually 6. Obtaining Windows XP Setup Boot Disks (6) http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;310994 and ther are 3 different kinds, XP, XP SP1 and XP SP2.

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Just my 2¢ worth,
Jeff
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| On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 14:11:03 GMT, tim | ah, if it's a setup floppy you're after, that's available, but
| according to Microsoft you need five. You need those when your
| computer cannot boot from the CD-ROM drive.
|
| Now for the source. You could try www.bootdisk.com, but they're
| also available from Microsoft. I just don't have the link on
| hand.
|
| It seems that www.bootdisk.com has a one diskette solution, but
| I didn't look long enough.
|
| Hans-Georg
|
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| No mail, please.
 
Added bootdisk.com to favorites. I didn't see any single disk
solution. I already have the 6 disk exe .
Thanks
Tim
 
Added bootdisk.com to favorites. I didn't see any single disk
solution. I already have the 6 disk exe .
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Tim,

I only looked very superficially and must have been mistaken as
to the single disk solution.

Yes, bootdisk.com is a nice web site.

Hans-Georg
 
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