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[Flavio]

How to make a boot XP floppy?

[Danny Bleu]

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"Flavio" > wrote in message
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How to make a boot XP floppy?

[Gordon Burgess-Parker]

Flavio wrote:
> How to make a boot XP floppy?

If you have a retail copy of XP then the CD itself is bootable - you don't
need a floppy.

[The Unknown p]

The reply by Gordon presupposes that all disk drives are
working. If you have lost the ability to both boot and
have disk drives working then a floppy boot set is of
course a good option.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?
displaylang=en&FamilyID=FBE5E4FC-695F-43E5-AF05-
719F45C382A4
This link takes you to the microsoft floppy boot set
download. Keep smiling.

[Sharon F]

On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 09:22:47 -0700, Flavio wrote:

> How to make a boot XP floppy?

--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 Shell/User