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6 disks for a boot disk?
Name: jonnyboy Date: January 24, 2003 at 15:26:57 Pacific OS: win98se CPU/Ram: 750/
Comment:
I need to download a boot disk for winxp for a friend. I'm on 98se. I've checked bootdisk.com & nothing seems relevant unless I use 6 disks. Surely it's possible to download a basic boot disk on 1 floppy?
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