Re: why is there no "boot files" available?

From: Bruin (bruinwarBLAH_at_BLAHexcite.com)
Date: 02/23/04 

Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 06:39:00 -0500

Thanks for the reply. I can manipulate the BIOS to boot from variety of
media. I CAN use one of my XP disks to boot, & CAN use my thumb drive to
boot using WIN98 start-up files. The Win 2000 CD does NOT want to boot
from the CDROM & errors out when using i386/winnt.exe from the DOS prompt
when using the WIN98 startup (with smartdrv running).

What I am wishing for (because I do not think it exists) is a package of
files that do NOT require loading floppys so that I can use my thumb drive
to boot in a format that let's me attempt to load WIN 2000 using the
setup.exe command.

"Dave Patrick" <mail@NoSpam.DSPatrick.com> wrote in message
news:Onsgpjb%23DHA.3032@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> In order to boot the CD-Rom you may need to change the boot order in cmos
> setup. As far as the OEM you may need to ask the OEM provider for
> instructions on it's use. In order to boot your "thumb drive" your system
> must support it as a boot device.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
> Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]
> Microsoft Certified Professional [Windows 2000]
> http://www.microsoft.com/protect
>
>
> "Bruin" wrote:
> | My OEM version of Windows 2000. It will not boot from ther CDROM. My
> | WinXP DOES boot from the CDROM.
> |
> | Why are there no "boot files" available so that I can just boot it from
my
> | USB thumb drive? Floppy drives are obsolete, or would be obsolete if MS
> | would provide the boot files needed in a nice little package that I
could
> | place on my USB drive.
> |
> |
> |
>
>

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