Re: XP Pro SP2 boot disk

Will try with that Bart PE, the UBCD4win seems utterly complicated, I need a
solution that works asap.

"Shenan Stanley" <newshelper@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> ~~~ .NET Ed ~~~ wrote:
>> Is there a way to create a reliable boot disk for XP Professional
>> SP2? just a DOS disk that is able to
>> boot my XP in case my MBR gets fried.... Yes I have the XP setup CD
>> but that is not the idea, and besides I
>> do not trust the so called "recovery mode" of the XP setup disk, last
>> time I used it it only made the situation WORSE.
>>
>> I just need a basic one disk that is able to boot it. I formatted a
>> floppy in XP and selected "Make it bootable". Then afterwards I
>> placed there the ntldr, ntdetect.com and my boot.ini (my /Windows is
>> in D: ). I decided to give it a try and yes, it booted me into DOS
>> only with a legend "Windows Millenium" (????). But it did not boot my
>> XP at all, it simply left me with the A: prompt from which I could
>> access my C: (FAT32) drive where the original ntldr, ntdetect and
>> boot.ini are but absolutely no access to D: (NTFS) and of course no
>> windows. I understand that D: would not be accessible but I am not
>> happy at all that I does not even bring up the logon/welcome screen
>> even though it has all three files!!!
>> Any suggestions?
>
> Then research and make yourself a bootable Windows PE (Bart PE actually)
> CD.
>
> Here's a good example of what can be done:
> http://www.ubcd4win.com/
>
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