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Name: lildoe
Date: May 13, 2009 at 07:30:56 Pacific
OS: Windows XP
Subcategory: Software Problems
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i made a boot disk of window millenium for a laptop but it wont run i how to i get to run



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Name: THANATOS
Date: May 13, 2009 at 07:53:04 Pacific
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the most stable and relyable bootdisk i find, is 98's bootdisk...you can get it from bootdisk.com, or if you want to make another bootdisk, they will have it there as well, but i prefer 98...even use it for XP still.


hope helps


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Name: jam
Date: May 13, 2009 at 10:30:55 Pacific
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Name: Ed999
Date: June 25, 2009 at 09:50:23 Pacific
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I notice that your O/S is Windows XP. You cannot start a Windows XP system using a Windows 98 or Windows ME boot disk.

As you will be aware, pure DOS mode was removed from Windows XP by Microsoft, so trying to boot a WinXP system to DOS using a Win9x boot disk is a receipe for a disaster!

WinXP uses the NTFS file system, whereas Win98/ME use FAT32. A Win98/ME boot disk will load a version of DOS which only understands the FAT32 filesystem, and so *cannot* be used with an NTFS file system.


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