Windows 2000 Boot Disk

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When booting from floppy, what file starts Windows 2000? There does
not seem to be a win.com. TIA
 
There are usually only 3 files on a Windows 2000 floppy boot diskette:

Boot.ini
NTDETECT.COM
ntldr

Ntldr is responsible for starting the operating system.

John

Fan924 wrote:

> When booting from floppy, what file starts Windows 2000? There does
> not seem to be a win.com. TIA
 
"Fan924" <a924fan@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> When booting from floppy, what file starts Windows 2000? There does
> not seem to be a win.com. TIA

Win.com is a Win98 file. It was used a looooooooooong time ago!
 
"John John (MVP)" <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message
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> There are usually only 3 files on a Windows 2000 floppy boot diskette:
>
> Boot.ini
> NTDETECT.COM
> ntldr
>
> Ntldr is responsible for starting the operating system.
>
> John
>
> Fan924 wrote:
>
> > When booting from floppy, what file starts Windows 2000? There does
> > not seem to be a win.com. TIA
>


Yep that's right
the floppy should be formatted from the machine beign used
or any NT based machine (as opposed to win9x)

With those three files on the floppy
and the bios set to boot first from the floppy,
the machine should boot right up to the GUI

A good backup to have if editing the boot.ini file
 
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