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UKFAN8

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BOOT DISKS
« on: January 08, 2005, 10:40:22 AM »
I CANNOT MAKE A BOOT DISK ON MY COMPUTER. I DOWNLOADED THE FILE FROM MICROSOFT FOR THE BOOT DISKS FOR WINDOWS XP BUT WHEN I TRY TO OPEN IT I GET THE MESSAGE "C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\AUTOEXEC.NT. THE SYSTEM FILE IS NOT SUITABLE FOR RUNNING MS-DOS AND MICROSOFT WINDOWS APPLICATIONS." WHAT DOES THIS MEAN OTHER THAN I AM IGNORANT?
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dl65

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    Re: BOOT DISKS
    « Reply #1 on: January 08, 2005, 11:01:16 AM »
    UKFAN8......When you say you want a boot disk for Win XP ....exactly what is it your trying to do ? If you have formatted your hard drive and you wish a boot disk to allow you to reload Windows ......Go to bootdisks.com and download a win98 boot disk ......It will have the necessary drivers , MS dos files to get you going......As I mentioned the d/l will contain the Format , Fdisk , and several cd drivers  and it will fit on a 3.25 floppy disk.

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    « Last Edit: January 08, 2005, 11:01:29 AM by dl65 »
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    merlin_2

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    Re: BOOT DISKS
    « Reply #2 on: January 08, 2005, 04:46:48 PM »
    http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;324767

    floppy disks are becoming a thing of the past..cd install disk?/flash drive?
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