Re: Boot to XP Pro from CD?



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"Tosca" <no-spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:uz1Es6FxFHA.2072@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
: Hi everyone
:
: A friend has just had a boot failure with Windows 2000 and his problem
has
: prompted me to ask what I'd do if I couldn't boot my laptop. I recall
in
: the older systems, it was possible to create (or get hold of) floppies
from
: which it was possible to boot the computer. Is it possible to create
such a
: CD from my current laptop which has XP Pro SP2? I don't have an
original XP
: Pro SP2 installation disc because the laptop came with a recovery disc
from
: the manufacturer. I anticipate that this will reinstall the OS (XP Pro
SP1)
: and overwrite my data. I would hope that if I had a system failure but
: could boot the system from a CD, I should be able to access my files
and may
: be able to investigate the problem.
:
: Thanks for your time and patience!
:
:


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