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copy system files to floppy from dos
Name: Mike Date: February 25, 2002 at 09:23:08 Pacific
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How do I copy system files to a floppy from a dos prompt in NT or 2000?
Name: dan Date: February 25, 2002 at 12:20:44 Pacific
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what do you mean by "system files?"
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Response Number 2
Name: ... Date: February 25, 2002 at 14:58:27 Pacific
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And I say again since my last reply was wiped... NT & 2000 are not DOS OS's They only Emulate DOS so you cannot create a DOS system diskette.
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Response Number 3
Name: Mike Date: February 26, 2002 at 05:18:38 Pacific
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I mean, when I'm in a command prompt on NT or 2000, I can use the copy command to copy a .txt file to floppy, but not something like boot.ini or ntldr. Does anyone know how I van do this?
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Response Number 4
Name: Michael Date: February 26, 2002 at 06:26:27 Pacific
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Mike,
This involves making an emergency repair disk. You can not use the DOS copy commands to copy these files (as they are in use when you are trying to copy them).... In 2000, go to start, programs, accessories, system tools, back up.. There is an option to create the disk there...
From NT, run the command rdisk from command prompt..
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Summary: Thanks Krys, jboy, it can be done. I've done it before. It seems to me that sys.com only copies the files. It does modify the attributes to the form that they need to be to make the disk bootable h...
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