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How to make Floppies for WINNT.exe
Name: marybeth Date: December 5, 2002 at 08:38:42 Pacific OS: win2kpro CPU/Ram: 133
Comment:
I am limping along on a clean install of window2000pro - need excate procedure to make floppie to complete install - copied I386 file to hard drive....what now???? - sorry for basis quesiton.....
Name: Jennifer SUMN Date: December 5, 2002 at 09:40:35 Pacific
Reply:
What exactly do you mean that you need to create a floppy to complete installation? Are you referring to the rescue disk?
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Response Number 2
Name: marybeth Date: December 5, 2002 at 10:03:21 Pacific
Reply:
no. I need to complete the install from my I386 folder on my hard drive. - I have to resort to this methoed bc I could change the bios to boot from cd. - have you ever done this? can you help
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Response Number 3
Name: Mark Usher Date: December 5, 2002 at 11:14:42 Pacific
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if you have the i386 folder on your HD. you dont need the floppys. just go to the command prompt and type c:\i386\setup.exe
Actually, Mark has it partially correct. The correct syntax would be to type WINNT and not SETUP from the %winroot%/i386 folder. There are available "switches" that can be used, just type /? after the WINNT command.
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