boot disks for XP?

[Monticus]

Are there any boot disks that can be made for an XP Home
machine, and if so, how, please?

Thanks!

Monticus

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

Home edition:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?ReleaseID=3D33290

Professional edition:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?ReleaseID=3D33291

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org

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[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Monticus;
Boot disks are not normally needed because all retail and most if not
all OEM Windows XP CDs are bootable and all repair and install options
are available from the windows XP CD.

You can make a MS-DOS Boot Disk (no CD-ROM support)
Open My Computer, right click 3 1/2 floppy, click Format, click MS-DOS
Boot Disk, insert floppy and follow prompts.

Or there are these:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q310994

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"Monticus" > wrote in message
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> Are there any boot disks that can be made for an XP Home
> machine, and if so, how, please?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Monticus

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Rick;
This link is better:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q310994

Your links will work if SP1 is not installed and the language is
English.

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"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" > wrote in message
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Hi,

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

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

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org

"Monticus" > wrote in message
...
> Are there any boot disks that can be made for an XP Home
> machine, and if so, how, please?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Monticus

[monticus]

Thanks. The link was what I was looking for and will make a greater
effort to find them in the future. The problem is that I got my box at
Best Buy and they did not provide a CD it. HP had it loaded prior to
its official release. As I said earlier the link was what I was looking
for.

This was my original issue, and if you can speak to that my grandma
would be really psyched. Thanks again, as always you all provide solid
solutions...

"This file is either missing or corrupt so before XP loads I hit F8 and
the list of boot options appears. I have tried Safe, Safe with VGA,
the last good configuratiuon, all of eight or nine of them. Regardless
of what happens, on the next screen I choose XP Home
because it is the only OS on the machine. Then I receive the
"System file is either missing or corrupt <system
root>\windows\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
I have also tried the shift F10 to perform a non-destructive but that
option never comes up. I went to CompUSA to see if I could get boot
disks for XP home and apparently they do not exist.

I have also put the XP Home upgrade CD into the CD-ROM drive, and
although the CD whirs nicely, the machine does not load anything from
it and I get the same error msg as above."

Jupiter Jones [MVP] wrote:
> Monticus;
> Boot disks are not normally needed because all retail and most if not
> all OEM Windows XP CDs are bootable and all repair and install options
> are available from the windows XP CD.
>
> You can make a MS-DOS Boot Disk (no CD-ROM support)
> Open My Computer, right click 3 1/2 floppy, click Format, click MS-DOS
> Boot Disk, insert floppy and follow prompts.
>
> Or there are these:
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q310994
>

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

A Repair Installation would fix it:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_repair_install.htm

Otherwise a destructive reinstall may be your only option.

Your computer has a partition for restoring the computer to original
and depending on what you do with the boot disk may damage the
partition.

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
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"monticus" > wrote in message
...
> Thanks. The link was what I was looking for and will make a greater
> effort to find them in the future. The problem is that I got my box
at
> Best Buy and they did not provide a CD it. HP had it loaded prior
to
> its official release. As I said earlier the link was what I was
looking
> for.
>
> This was my original issue, and if you can speak to that my grandma
> would be really psyched. Thanks again, as always you all provide
solid
> solutions...
>
> "This file is either missing or corrupt so before XP loads I hit F8
and
> the list of boot options appears. I have tried Safe, Safe with VGA,
> the last good configuratiuon, all of eight or nine of them.
Regardless
> of what happens, on the next screen I choose XP Home
> because it is the only OS on the machine. Then I receive the
> "System file is either missing or corrupt <system
> root>\windows\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
> I have also tried the shift F10 to perform a non-destructive but
that
> option never comes up. I went to CompUSA to see if I could get boot
> disks for XP home and apparently they do not exist.
>
> I have also put the XP Home upgrade CD into the CD-ROM drive, and
> although the CD whirs nicely, the machine does not load anything
from
> it and I get the same error msg as above."
>
> Jupiter Jones [MVP] wrote:
> > Monticus;
> > Boot disks are not normally needed because all retail and most if
not
> > all OEM Windows XP CDs are bootable and all repair and install
options
> > are available from the windows XP CD.
> >
> > You can make a MS-DOS Boot Disk (no CD-ROM support)
> > Open My Computer, right click 3 1/2 floppy, click Format, click
MS-DOS
> > Boot Disk, insert floppy and follow prompts.
> >
> > Or there are these:
> > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q310994
> >
>

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi JJ,

I've had those links for awhile, so haven't had reason to change them =
(until now - thanks). For International users and the MSKB articles, I =
try to use this format:

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=3D310994

Which will pickup on the user's regional settings and direct them to the =
correct language page for the article (the one you posted directs to =
US-English, which may not always be appropriate).

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org

"Jupiter Jones [MVP]" > wrote in message =
...
> Rick;
> This link is better:
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=3Dkb;EN-US;q310994
>=20
> Your links will work if SP1 is not installed and the language is
> English.
>=20
> --=20
> Jupiter Jones [MVP]
> An easier way to read newsgroup messages:
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/newsgroups/setup.asp
> Please respond to newsgroup only for everyone's benefit.
>=20
>=20
> "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" > wrote in message
> ...
> Hi,
>=20
> Home edition:
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?ReleaseID=3D33290
>=20
> Professional edition:
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?ReleaseID=3D33291
>=20
> --=20
> Best of Luck,
>=20
> Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org
>=20
> "Monticus" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Are there any boot disks that can be made for an XP Home
> > machine, and if so, how, please?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Monticus
>=20
>