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Need Bootdisk
Name: ChrisG (by ChristopherTGarrett) Date: December 12, 2003 at 06:02:54 Pacific OS: Windows 98SE CPU/Ram: Intel Celeron 433 Mhz 320
Comment:
I need a good Win2k bootdisk.Ive tried one from bootdisk.com.When i get on disk 3 it saids it is curupted.There used to be a 4 MB file on Microsoft website that makes the bootdisk.Anyone know that URL?
Name: ooglenz2 Date: December 12, 2003 at 06:46:15 Pacific
Reply:
your disk is corrupt this has nothing to do with the software
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Response Number 2
Name: ChrisG (by ChristopherTGarrett) Date: December 12, 2003 at 06:50:48 Pacific
Reply:
So the disk itself is bad?
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Response Number 3
Name: ChrisG (by ChristopherTGarrett) Date: December 12, 2003 at 07:27:18 Pacific
Reply:
I don't think it was the floppy.I make a bootdisk from CD and tried each disk it worked.
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Response Number 4
Name: x86 Date: December 12, 2003 at 09:46:14 Pacific
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The bootdisk images for the 4 diskette set are on the W2K CD............
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Response Number 5
Name: trvlr Date: December 12, 2003 at 23:30:18 Pacific
Reply:
The makeboot util is on the CD.
Floppies can sometimes be less than perfect.
You may have a damaged (less than perfect) download of the affected Image. Likewise you may have a less than perfect floppy for the disk that doens't work.
But in your post (#3) you say:
" I make a bootdisk from CD and tried each disk it worked. "
If this is the case what's your problem? you seem to have made the four disks OK???
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Response Number 6
Name: Patrick Date: December 13, 2003 at 16:41:43 Pacific
Reply:
Why not just boot from the CD? Win2k Cd's are perfectly bootable!
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Response Number 7
Name: trvlr Date: December 13, 2003 at 22:41:09 Pacific
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