-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Boot Diskette Question

You have the MS-DOS boot disk, which is used to boot your system off the
floppy and get to a black DOS command prompt screen. This is so you can work
on your system in DOS (not true DOS under Windows XP).

Then there is the Windows XP Setup Boot floppies. This is a 6-floppy set.
What happens is this. To install Windows XP, you're supposed to boot off the
Windows XP Installation CD. In general, you would go into the BIOS, make
sure the boot priority has Windows XP as the first boot device, then pop the
Windows XP CD into the drive and restart the system. The system will then
boot off the Windows XP Installation CD and begin the setup to
format/partition/install. HOWEVER... sometimes, for whatever reason, your
system just refuses to boot off the Windows XP Installation CD. Even if you
have it set up correctly in the BIOS, the system just does not cooperate. So
is the case in probably 50% of all my own reinstalls. Why? I have no idea.
It just happens. So... in a case like this, you use the 6-floppy set. You
pop in the first floppy and start the computer. It reads floppy1, then asks
for #2, then #3, and so on to the 6th floppy. After that, it automatically
goes to the CD drive and starts the Windows XP setup.

Also... the 6-floppy set is different for both XP Home and XP Professional.
You need to use the set for the OS version you plan on installing. On the
Microsoft site, you can download the utility to create the 6-floppy set for
either OS. If THESE are the boot floppies you need, and you can't find it on
the MS site, I have copies of it myself and can get them over to you. Just
let me know.

---Troth


-----Original Message-----
From: pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of cristy
Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 10:18 AM
To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Boot Diskette Question

HI Troth,

What is the difference between the two please?

Thanks,
cristy

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "~OoO~" <sirtroth@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 8:55 AM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Boot Diskette Question


> What kind of boot disk are you trying to create? A regular boot disk is
> created by opening MY COMPUTER, right-clicking on the A drive and doing
> FORMAT. Under the FORMAT options, you check off CREATE AN MS-DOS STARUP
> DISK. Then click START. Is this the boot disk you are trying to create?
>
> Or, are you trying to create the 6-set floppies for installing XP Pro, 
> when
> the system doesn't want to boot off the WinXP Setup CD?
>
> ---Troth
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rocky
> Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 12:15 PM
> To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Boot Diskette Question
>
> Hi All,
> I am trying to create a Boot Diskette for XP Pro. Microsoft says I need 3 
> to
>
> 5 files on such disk. When searching for Boot.ini I get two choices:
> Boot.ini C:\Windows\pss or
> Boot.ini C:\Program Files\PowerQuest\Partition Magic
> Which is the proper one for the Boot Diskette or what do I search for to 
> get
>
> the proper file?
> Rocky de Dragon
>
>
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