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emmett
December 6th 03, 08:18 AM
how do I make a boot disk?

Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers
December 6th 03, 08:18 AM
Hi Emmett,

Why? The WinXP CD is bootable and a dos boot floppy can't read NTFS.

You can make a dos boot floppy by right-clicking the A drive and choosing
format. Making a boot floppy is one of the options. To create boot floppies
to support WinXP, see these links:

Home edition:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?ReleaseID=33290

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

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org

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