Creating System Disk

[Gordon Burgess-Parker]

Is there a way of creating the System Disk without going through ASR? And
how do I update it (as the Windows Update patches say)? I've done a fairly
exhaustive search of Help and Support and can't find anything.

XP PRO SP1

Ta!

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[Sharon F]

On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 11:00:32 +0100, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:

> Is there a way of creating the System Disk without going through ASR? And
> how do I update it (as the Windows Update patches say)? I've done a fairly
> exhaustive search of Help and Support and can't find anything.
>
> XP PRO SP1
>
> Ta!

There is no startup disk per se. Different alternatives for different
situations are available.

--The XP CD is bootable

--Windows Explorer can create a MS-DOS boot floppy (it's one of the Format
options)

--There's a multiple disk set for running XP setup:
Obtaining Windows XP Setup Boot Disks
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;310994

--And a single disk that can be used to boot to the operating system:
HOW TO: Create a Boot Disk for an NTFS or FAT Partition in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;305595

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Sharon F
MS-MVP - Windows XP Shell/User

[Thorsten Matzner]

"Gordon Burgess-Parker" > wrote:

>Is there a way of creating the System Disk without going through ASR?

See "Creating a Boot Disk for an NTFS or FAT Partition"
(http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=311073) and "How to Use System
Files to Create a Boot Disk to Guard Against Being Unable to Start
Windows XP" (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314079).

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[Sharon F]

On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 11:00:32 +0100, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:

> Is there a way of creating the System Disk without going through ASR? And
> how do I update it (as the Windows Update patches say)? I've done a fairly
> exhaustive search of Help and Support and can't find anything.
>
> XP PRO SP1
>
> Ta!

There is no startup disk per se. Different alternatives for different
situations are available.

--The XP CD is bootable

--Windows Explorer can create a MS-DOS boot floppy (it's one of the Format
options)

--There's a multiple disk set for running XP setup:
Obtaining Windows XP Setup Boot Disks
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;310994

--And a single disk that can be used to boot to the operating system:
HOW TO: Create a Boot Disk for an NTFS or FAT Partition in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;305595

--
Sharon F
MS-MVP - Windows XP Shell/User

[Gordon Burgess-Parker]

Sharon F wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 11:00:32 +0100, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:
>
>> Is there a way of creating the System Disk without going through
>> ASR? And how do I update it (as the Windows Update patches say)?
>> I've done a fairly exhaustive search of Help and Support and can't
>> find anything.
>>
>> XP PRO SP1
>>
>> Ta!
>
> There is no startup disk per se. Different alternatives for different
> situations are available.
>
> --The XP CD is bootable
>
> --Windows Explorer can create a MS-DOS boot floppy (it's one of the
> Format options)
>
> --There's a multiple disk set for running XP setup:
> Obtaining Windows XP Setup Boot Disks
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;310994
>
> --And a single disk that can be used to boot to the operating system:
> HOW TO: Create a Boot Disk for an NTFS or FAT Partition in Windows XP
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;305595

I'm not talking about a BOOT disk, this is the SYSTEM disk which is created
when ASR is completed, and that you are told to update when installing
Windows Update patches.

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