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Name: gus kaso
Date: April 11, 2003 at 13:17:36 Pacific
OS: xp pro
CPU/Ram: 1ghz/512
Comment:

were can i make a backup disk for windows xp if anything goes wrong with it?? is this the same as a boot disk??

thanks in advance



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Name: doc
Date: April 11, 2003 at 13:24:26 Pacific
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Man with xp you never need anything like a boot disk! You are talking about a real operating system here. All you need is your xp cd. You can download a bunch of floppies but they are of no more use to you than the xp cd.


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Response Number 2
Name: Stefanos
Date: April 11, 2003 at 14:09:10 Pacific
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Dont listen to this guy he knows nothing....lol


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Response Number 3
Name: seat6
Date: April 11, 2003 at 14:28:56 Pacific
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You need to copy ntldr,ntdetect, and bootini to a floppy.
Explore my computer/tools/folder options/view.Select show hidden files and folders, and then uncheck hide protected operating system files.
Otherwise you will not find them. Then simply do a search for them and send them to floppy.
Go back to folder options and reset to default when done.


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Response Number 4
Name: Chuck
Date: April 11, 2003 at 16:32:57 Pacific
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HOW TO: Create a Boot Disk for an NTFS or FAT Partition in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;305595
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How to make a boot.ini file:
Open NOTEPAD,
then copy the required text from the article,
then SAVE AS...
name file as BOOT.INI
save boot.ini onto a BLANK floppy.


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Response Number 5
Name: marmot070
Date: April 12, 2003 at 03:02:45 Pacific
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well this sounds very easy ones i tryed to install xp pro on my brothers pc and he refused to boot from cd-rom even when i reconfigured bios so i had to download (6)!booteble floppy's and after that he booted from cd-rom.


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Response Number 6
Name: horsemeeker
Date: April 12, 2003 at 04:22:56 Pacific
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i thought u just right click on your floppy, select format, then under the options (i.e. quick format etc) select "startup disk".
(not sure exactly as the comp. I am writing this on has ME.)


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Response Number 7
Name: terry greensill
Date: April 14, 2003 at 13:53:52 Pacific
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Go to this website to download a boot disk creator for XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q310994



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Changed .dat file by mist... Win XP SP2 ???



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