Hi Ron,
I don't know of any other use for the disk, they are intended as an
altenative boot method.
To get you to the point of having a working CD if I understand them
correctly.
MS released them after XP had been released,
I don't think they show up as an option during the instalation of XP.
Mike moderator 24hoursupport
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On 02/03/2003 at 12:15 PM Ron Allen wrote:
M> The Setup boot disks are available so that you can run Setup on computers
M> that do not support a bootable CD-ROM.
M> If your computer does support booting from a CD-ROM, or if network-based
M> installation is available, Microsoft recommends that you use those
M> installations methods instead.
M> Future products will no longer support installation via the setup boot
M> disks.
Sounds like these disks are not necessary _except_ during the
installation process, and only then when you have an older/cheaper
CD-ROM drive that is incapable of being the boot device.
Do these disks have any diagnostic value later?
Ron
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