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Need help to create a win xp Boot disc
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| StalkerElmo |
| im not good with computers and kinda 2 lazy to search it up.. was wondering if any TA's xperties @ computers can help me create a win xp professional boot disc.. used for formatting.. i'd appreciate if someone can help write the steps.. thanks |
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| maxstradamus |
| quote: | Originally posted by StalkerElmo
im not good with computers and kinda 2 lazy to search it up.. was wondering if any TA's xperties @ computers can help me create a win xp professional boot disc.. used for formatting.. i'd appreciate if someone can help write the steps.. thanks |
win xp's disc is it's own boot disc...you don't need a floppy but if u really wanna do it:
-insert floppy into a drive
-go to My Computer
-right-click on the floppy
-click on format
-use the option "create a boot disk" (or somethink like that)
That's it |
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| failsafe |
| for the first year or so winXP was NOT bootable. Infact it wasn't even a stand alone OS. You had to install overe an existing version of windows. If you browse the winXP cd there will be a tutorial on how to create boot disks for the OS. I'd suggest win2k professional. XP blows. |
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| Boomer187 |
| just go into your bios and boot from cd first. |
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| failsafe |
| some xp cds aren't bootable thus the need for a bootdisk |
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| Boomer187 |
| quote: | Originally posted by failsafe
some xp cds aren't bootable thus the need for a bootdisk |
get a new disk :P |
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| maxstradamus |
| quote: | Originally posted by failsafe
for the first year or so winXP was NOT bootable. Infact it wasn't even a stand alone OS. You had to install overe an existing version of windows. If you browse the winXP cd there will be a tutorial on how to create boot disks for the OS. I'd suggest win2k professional. XP blows. |
is that true??? i got my disc before the official release from a friend that works at Gateway...he had it like a month before it was released to stores. I never had any problems booting directly from a disc. |
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| yujie__ |
http://unattended.msfn.org/xp/finish.htm
use the cd image program there and create a cdimage of xp pro or home there. after its done u can burn it to cd. if u want to be smart/creative create the unattended install of xp. just follow the steps. its very useful and save time when u do a fresh install. u dont have to input anything when u create unattended xp install cd. i did it with xp and 2000. save lots of time. to test it i used virtual pc or/and vmware to make sure i have all the correct things working. |
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| yujie__ |
| quote: | Originally posted by maxstradamus
is that true??? i got my disc before the official release from a friend that works at Gateway...he had it like a month before it was released to stores. I never had any problems booting directly from a disc. |
false, i got my xp cd rtm monthes before the retail release and it works fine. the devilsown and xp corp are teh best xp version out there. i have legit and corp version. |
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| ali92 |
| quote: | Originally posted by failsafe
some xp cds aren't bootable thus the need for a bootdisk |
Six of them. That's what I had to download. It contained the whole setup program on them. I had to insert disk 1 and the CD at the same time and wait a while while inserting each numbered disk when prompted. It was annoying. Oh BTW, is there any way I can manually set the cluster size when installing Windows XP Corp.? I want to set it to 32 or 64 kB clusters but, it always seems to end up at 4 kB clusters ( :-( ). When first installed over ME, it converted my FAT32 drive to NTFS and gave me a 512-byte cluster size. |
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