-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Boot Diskette Question

HI Troth,

I dont understand why you need a "utility" to create the disks or what 
exactly it does.  I know years ago I created some kind of boot up disks with 
a floppy, and I thought it only took "one" floppy for my windows 98 OS.  It 
seems like it was easy to create the disk but was like 8 years ago. 
However, I cant recall if it was a dos boot up or for the OS but it worked 
and I did have to use it a few times.

Would using a program like "Ghost" do the same thing like making a boot up 
disk for your OS?  I know it copies everything the way it is on your 
computer although I am not sure about the files too.

I may buy a new win xp home disk to install on my system sometime because I 
have some issues that are not being resolved with the reinstall disk that 
came with the computer.  That is why I am curious.

Thanks,
christy

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "~OoO~" <sirtroth@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 10:38 AM
Subject: -=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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