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Topic: How to make a Win2000 startup disk? |
Jim Cohen
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Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 27 Jul 2004 7:40 pm |
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My computer balked tonite at startup and demanded I put in a boot disk to start it up! Fortunately, I somehow managed to trick it into starting anyway, and it seems ok now, but I don't want to press my luck. Can someone tell me how to burn a startup disk for Win2000? There must be a function on the 'puter somewhere, but I can't seem to find it.
Thx,
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Jim Smith
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Midlothian, TX, USA
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Posted 27 Jul 2004 7:50 pm
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Look in Start-Help for "Emergency Repair Disk". There is a full walkthrough of how to create one using the Win2K backup tool.
A word to the wise, if you're having trouble starting the computer, I strongly advise backing up your entire system ASAP! |
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Earnest Bovine
From:
Los Angeles CA USA
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Posted 27 Jul 2004 9:25 pm
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| Do they still put floppy disk drives in new computers? |
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sonbone
From:
Waxahachie, TX
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Posted 27 Jul 2004 11:07 pm
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| Jim you might want to check out http://www.bootdisk.com for more info on bootdisks for Win2K as well as all other flavors of windows. Also, there is info for making bootable CDs for computers without floppy drives. |
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 28 Jul 2004 3:35 am
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| Thanks, guys. My 'puter is old enough to have a floppy drive in it, but I was thinking I could burn the startup files onto a CD-R and start from that, no? Or, perhaps the CD-R drive won't work at that point and I have to use the floppy? |
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Ron Page
From:
Penn Yan, NY USA
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Posted 28 Jul 2004 5:14 am
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Yep, still putting floppy drives in. Just bought a new box last week; although, I think you can configure them withoout that.
The build-in backup exec in XP Professional creates a floppy boot disk. I suspect I should kick it over to CD just to have one.
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Ray Minich
From:
Bradford, Pa. Frozen Tundra
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 29 Jul 2004 4:39 pm
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Did it. Muchas gracias!
jc |
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