Dos startup disk

[Bob]

I followed the instructions to make a dos startup disk. It boots up in drive
A, however when I try to access the C Drive I get a no such drive message.

I would also like to have a cd startup disk. Copied the files on the floppy
(A drive) to my writable CD drive. It copied the files ok but it would not
boot up from the CD.

Any solutions to either problem would be appreciated.

Bob

[Mike Brannigan [MSFT]]

Booting from a CD is a function you enable in your BIOS. - see you computer
manual for which setting and how to get into the BIOS.
To make a floppy that allows access to the CD drive you need to also place
on the floppy the drivers for the CD drive and the CD extensions MSCDEX etc
to enable CD ROM support.
The simplest method is to just get hold of a Windows 98 Second Edition boot
disk from any of the many Internet sites that you can find through a simple
search for "boot disk" at some where like www.google.com etc.


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"Bob" > wrote in message
...
> I followed the instructions to make a dos startup disk. It boots up in
drive
> A, however when I try to access the C Drive I get a no such drive message.
>
> I would also like to have a cd startup disk. Copied the files on the
floppy
> (A drive) to my writable CD drive. It copied the files ok but it would not
> boot up from the CD.
>
> Any solutions to either problem would be appreciated.
>
> Bob
>
>

[VManes]

Bob,
First, if your HD is NTFS formatted, the DOS boot won't be able to access
it. You will need a third party program, such as NTFSDOS
(http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/NTFSDOS.shtml) that you run from
the floppy after booting.

When you copied the files to the CD, did you also copy the normally
Hidden/System files io.sys and msdos.sys? And keep in mind what Mike said
about setting your BIOS to allow boot from CD.

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"Bob" > wrote in message
...
I followed the instructions to make a dos startup disk. It boots up in drive
A, however when I try to access the C Drive I get a no such drive message.

I would also like to have a cd startup disk. Copied the files on the floppy
(A drive) to my writable CD drive. It copied the files ok but it would not
boot up from the CD.

Any solutions to either problem would be appreciated.

Bob

[Bob]

Mike,

I have a windows 98 2nd edition boot up disk. When I use it the boot process
loads the diagnostic files to Drive C, but it does not seem to read the
drive. None of the directories are acessable?
It seems to only read the dos command files that were downloaded from the
boot disk?

Bob

"Mike Brannigan [MSFT]" > wrote in message
...
> Booting from a CD is a function you enable in your BIOS. - see you
computer
> manual for which setting and how to get into the BIOS.
> To make a floppy that allows access to the CD drive you need to also place
> on the floppy the drivers for the CD drive and the CD extensions MSCDEX
etc
> to enable CD ROM support.
> The simplest method is to just get hold of a Windows 98 Second Edition
boot
> disk from any of the many Internet sites that you can find through a
simple
> search for "boot disk" at some where like www.google.com etc.
>
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Mike
> --
> Mike Brannigan [Microsoft]
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights
>
> Please note I cannot respond to e-mailed questions, please use these
> newsgroups
>
> "Bob" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I followed the instructions to make a dos startup disk. It boots up in
> drive
> > A, however when I try to access the C Drive I get a no such drive
message.
> >
> > I would also like to have a cd startup disk. Copied the files on the
> floppy
> > (A drive) to my writable CD drive. It copied the files ok but it would
not
> > boot up from the CD.
> >
> > Any solutions to either problem would be appreciated.
> >
> > Bob
> >
> >
>
>

[Mike Brannigan [MSFT]]

Bob,

The Win98 boot disk creates a RAM drive in memory (looks like a little hard
drive) and loads the diag tools to it. It then loads the basic CD drivers
for the drive (usually d:)
The reason your "real" C drive is not visible is that it is formatted as
NTFS and the Win98 boot disk cannot read that format.

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Mike
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"Bob" > wrote in message
...
> Mike,
>
> I have a windows 98 2nd edition boot up disk. When I use it the boot
process
> loads the diagnostic files to Drive C, but it does not seem to read the
> drive. None of the directories are acessable?
> It seems to only read the dos command files that were downloaded from the
> boot disk?
>
> Bob
>
> "Mike Brannigan [MSFT]" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Booting from a CD is a function you enable in your BIOS. - see you
> computer
> > manual for which setting and how to get into the BIOS.
> > To make a floppy that allows access to the CD drive you need to also
place
> > on the floppy the drivers for the CD drive and the CD extensions MSCDEX
> etc
> > to enable CD ROM support.
> > The simplest method is to just get hold of a Windows 98 Second Edition
> boot
> > disk from any of the many Internet sites that you can find through a
> simple
> > search for "boot disk" at some where like www.google.com etc.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> >
> > Mike
> > --
> > Mike Brannigan [Microsoft]
> >
> > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> > rights
> >
> > Please note I cannot respond to e-mailed questions, please use these
> > newsgroups
> >
> > "Bob" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > I followed the instructions to make a dos startup disk. It boots up in
> > drive
> > > A, however when I try to access the C Drive I get a no such drive
> message.
> > >
> > > I would also like to have a cd startup disk. Copied the files on the
> > floppy
> > > (A drive) to my writable CD drive. It copied the files ok but it would
> not
> > > boot up from the CD.
> > >
> > > Any solutions to either problem would be appreciated.
> > >
> > > Bob
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

[ceedee]

to read ntfs from dos use this

http://www.ntfs.com/products.htm


"Mike Brannigan [MSFT]" > wrote in message
...
> Bob,
>
> The Win98 boot disk creates a RAM drive in memory (looks like a little
hard
> drive) and loads the diag tools to it. It then loads the basic CD drivers
> for the drive (usually d:)
> The reason your "real" C drive is not visible is that it is formatted as
> NTFS and the Win98 boot disk cannot read that format.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Mike
> --
> Mike Brannigan [Microsoft]
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights
>
> Please note I cannot respond to e-mailed questions, please use these
> newsgroups
>
> "Bob" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Mike,
> >
> > I have a windows 98 2nd edition boot up disk. When I use it the boot
> process
> > loads the diagnostic files to Drive C, but it does not seem to read the
> > drive. None of the directories are acessable?
> > It seems to only read the dos command files that were downloaded from
the
> > boot disk?
> >
> > Bob
> >
> > "Mike Brannigan [MSFT]" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > Booting from a CD is a function you enable in your BIOS. - see you
> > computer
> > > manual for which setting and how to get into the BIOS.
> > > To make a floppy that allows access to the CD drive you need to also
> place
> > > on the floppy the drivers for the CD drive and the CD extensions
MSCDEX
> > etc
> > > to enable CD ROM support.
> > > The simplest method is to just get hold of a Windows 98 Second Edition
> > boot
> > > disk from any of the many Internet sites that you can find through a
> > simple
> > > search for "boot disk" at some where like www.google.com etc.
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Mike
> > > --
> > > Mike Brannigan [Microsoft]
> > >
> > > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> > > rights
> > >
> > > Please note I cannot respond to e-mailed questions, please use these
> > > newsgroups
> > >
> > > "Bob" > wrote in message
> > > ...
> > > > I followed the instructions to make a dos startup disk. It boots up
in
> > > drive
> > > > A, however when I try to access the C Drive I get a no such drive
> > message.
> > > >
> > > > I would also like to have a cd startup disk. Copied the files on the
> > > floppy
> > > > (A drive) to my writable CD drive. It copied the files ok but it
would
> > not
> > > > boot up from the CD.
> > > >
> > > > Any solutions to either problem would be appreciated.
> > > >
> > > > Bob
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

[Frank GoBell]

kam > wrote:
> I need to reinstall XP to ny pc.......the problem I can't boot from
> cd-rom, can anyone tell me how to create a floppy xp startup disk?
> Thanks in advance.

There are actually six disks - you can download them from Microsoft. Select
the correct version of Windows you are installing, and use the link for that
version.

Windows XP Home Edition
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?ReleaseID=33290

Windows XP Professional
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?ReleaseID=33291

Windows XP Service Pack 1 (SP1)
Note Windows XP CD-ROMs that include SP1 have the text "Includes Service
Pack 1" on the CD-ROM.

Windows XP Home Edition SP1
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?releaseid=42818

Windows XP Professional SP1
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?releaseid=42819

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Frank GoBell

[BAR]

If your PC is still running and you need to refresh the XP configuration, then just insert the XP CD.

Double click on D:\I386\winnt32.exe [use another Drive letter if your CD Drive is E F or G]

This will reinstall XP and you will not need to key in your Product ID etc.

A fast way to 'refresh' Windows XP.