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different boot floppies
Name: ankit pancholi Date: February 2, 2005 at 22:53:41 Pacific OS: winXP pro CPU/Ram: 256
Comment:
hi i jus installed the xp and wen i put in a floppy and try format i get a choice "create msdos startup disk". did tat but the set of files are different from those created in 98. wats the reason. i didnt try booting from the floppy. wat is the difference.
Name: rogerashley Date: February 2, 2005 at 23:47:57 Pacific
Reply:
XP like W2K, W2K3, NT are all-in-one intergrated O/S and therefore do not sit above a MS DOS subsytem. Windows 1 to 3 and 95/98/ME are Graphical User Interfaces atop MS DOS.
The MS DOS Boot Disk created in XP is based on the ME MS DOS boot disk basically to use for simple tasks like Bios Flashing it incorporates no other tools.
Also unlike non NT windows you can not boot XP from a boot floppy, all that is offered is a six diskette set which like the CD starts the install process to be able to install or repair the O/S. It is possible to create an XP startup floppy but its sole purpose is to be able to access the NT Command Prompt for the purpose of repairing the O/S system files.
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