[pchelpers] Question about boot disk

A few days ago this was sent to WP and I have a question about it.

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"Sometimes the boot files that are needed to start XP can become corrupted,
and then you can't boot the operating system. You could do a repair from
your XP installation CD, or even reinstall the OS, but that might not be
necessary if you've created a startup boot disk. Here's how: 

Put a blank floppy that was formatted in XP into your floppy drive. 

Right click Start and click Explore to open Windows Explorer. 

If you haven't done so previously, in Explorer click Tools | Folder Options
and click the View tab, then under Advanced Settings scroll down and uncheck
the box labeled Hide protected operating system files (recommended). Click
OK. 

Navigate to the root folder of your system partition (this is usually c:). 

In the root folder, find the following files: boot.ini, NTLDR and Ntdetect
com. 

Copy these files to the floppy disk. If you have files in the root folder
called Ntbootdd.sys or Bootsect.dos, copy these to the floppy as well
 
Now you can use the startup disk to boot Windows if one or more of these
files is ever damaged or accidentally deleted. 
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I did all that. I did not find all the file, but I copied the ones I did
find. My question is:

Will this work? Does anyone know?

When I formatted the floppy disk there was this question to tick. 

Do you want to create a boot disk?

I ticked YES to see what would happen. When it was done I checked what was
on the floppy. 

Sure enough, there are files on, but these files are altogether different
from the files that are on the disk I made according to the instruction
above.

What does all of that mean?

Will both boot the computer and bring it back from oblivion? Or will none
work? I really would like to create some kind of emergency disk to boot the
computer in case something happens.

Can you guys help me with this?

Willing to learn,
Inge


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