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

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

Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 06:45:02 -0500

"Thagor" <thagor@email.coma> wrote in message
news:%23F$Ywpb%23DHA.3816@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Your hurdle is BIOS. The motherboard manufacturers have really been
dragging
> along on this technology. If you have a motherboard BIOS that will allow
> "Boot From Removable USB Drive" then you MAY be able create the boot MBR
and
> get it to work. Otherwise, wait for the technology catch up.

Thanks for the reply. I should have already told you guys that I CAN
manipulate the BIOS to boot from a variety of media. My OEM copy of wink
does not boot from the CD-ROM. One of my XP disks DOES boot from the
CD-ROM.

What I am waiting for is MS to catch up with technology that is already old
(over a year). This is not rocket science. All I want is a little package
of files that I put on a thumb drive to make it a boot disk. I know I am
not the 1st person to ask for this. I do not know why MS is dragging their
feet on it.

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