Re: Emergency Boot Disl

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From: Sharon F (sharonfDEL_at_ETEmvps.org)
Date: 05/18/04 

Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 11:24:20 -0500

On Mon, 17 May 2004 20:15:49 -0400, Lyall Kingman wrote:

> Is there a way to create an emergency boot disk in XP home?

A few options available to you:

--The XP CD is bootable (retail CD and some OEM CDs)

--Windows Explorer can create a MS-DOS boot floppy (it's one of the Format
options)

--There's a multiple disk set for running XP setup:
Obtaining Windows XP Setup Boot Disks
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;310994

--And a single disk that can be used to boot to the operating system:
HOW TO: Create a Boot Disk for an NTFS or FAT Partition in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;305595 

-- 
Sharon F
MS-MVP ~ Windows XP Shell/User

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