XP Boot Disks

[Ben]

I have my BIOS set up to boot off the CD so I put my XP CD
in the drive to access it when i start up cuz i wanna
FDISK but the CD is not booted off of.

So I figure that XP boot disks is the only answer.

How do I make the boot disks?
When I put my XP CD in there is no option about making
them.

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Ben,

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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> How do I make the boot disks?
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[Len Segal]

Ben,

The legitimate WinXP CDs are bootable. If you bought your OS from "an
unknown source" you might have a copy or poor counterfeit.

When the system starts up, even with CD chosen for initial boot, you may get
a message to "hit any key" to boot from CD, if you don't hit a key, it won't
boot from the CD. Check this out if you know you have a legit copy of the
OS.

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Len Segal, MCP
Microsoft - MVP
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"Ben" > wrote in message
...
> I have my BIOS set up to boot off the CD so I put my XP CD
> in the drive to access it when i start up cuz i wanna
> FDISK but the CD is not booted off of.
>
> So I figure that XP boot disks is the only answer.
>
> How do I make the boot disks?
> When I put my XP CD in there is no option about making
> them.

[HH]

Can anyone tell me how do I save to 3.5 floppies the XP boot disks program
from my hard drive?
Thanks
HH

[Mark Weinreb]

"HH" > wrote in message
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> Can anyone tell me how do I save to 3.5 floppies the XP boot disks program
> from my hard drive?
> Thanks
> HH
>
Just run the program and follow the directions it will give you.

right click your floppy disc drive in windows
explorer>format>tick, create ms-dos start up disc . this
will get you started but you need the other 6 discs which
you can down load from the microsoft site.good luck.
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>"HH" > wrote in message
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>> Can anyone tell me how do I save to 3.5 floppies the XP
boot disks program
>> from my hard drive?
>> Thanks
>> HH
>>
>Just run the program and follow the directions it will
give you.
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