"Ultraglide" <sscully2.trash@cogeco.trash.ca> wrote in message
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> In order to boot into DOS is it necessary to create a boot disk or is
> there any other way like in Win98?
>
Not an XP OS question.
There's multitude of ways to make a boot diskette in the windows 98 OS.
Assuming the floppy is formatted and in the floppy diskette drive:
1. Press F8 at the proper time during windows startup, you will have an
msdos screen. Type in "sys a:"
2. Make a startup diskette, and eliminate all the files with windows
explorer except io.sys, msdos.sys, and command.com
3. With windows explorer, right click the floppy drive. Select copy system
files.
4. Exit to dos while in windows, do same as noted in first instruction last
sentence.
5. Get a 98 boot image from bootdisk.com and restore to a floppy. (works
in 98 and XP).
If you're another ninny using fdisk for large capacity hard drives, don't
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=263044
Dave