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How do I create a DOS boot-floppy
Name: Brenda Widner Date: May 7, 2002 at 08:48:09 Pacific
Comment:
I am trying to wipe out NT and install Win95 on several networked machines. I was told to Boot the machine with an MS-DOS boot floppy and to make sure the floppy disk has fdisk on it.
Name: fairbanksf Date: May 7, 2002 at 09:32:01 Pacific
Reply:
http://www.bootdisk.com/
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Response Number 2
Name: BetonVis Date: May 7, 2002 at 16:29:23 Pacific
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type in dos prompt: sys a:
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Response Number 3
Name: fred6008 Date: May 10, 2002 at 16:10:12 Pacific
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I think what you have been told is over simplified. Some NT partitions are not even visible to DOS. I would download Wipe.exe from IBM.COM and WIPE the drive first. Then boot with a DOS floppy disk and FDISK and FORMAT.
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Response Number 4
Name: Dan Penny Date: May 14, 2002 at 22:13:46 Pacific
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I agree with fairbanksf and fred6008. If you still have trouble deleting partitions from the hard drives, another program (written by Microsoft) is delpart.exe. It's small, easy to use, and works great;
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