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by rajan62

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an any one tell me how to make bootable disk (cd) for windows xp operating system.

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by rob miners

Create a Boot Floppy Disk with a Windows XP-Based Computer
1. Format a floppy disk by using the Windows XP format utility. For example, with the floppy disk in the floppy disk drive, type format a: at a command prompt, and then press ENTER.
2. Copy the Ntldr and the Ntdetect.com files from the I386 folder on the Windows XP Setup CD-ROM, Windows XP Setup floppy disk, or from a computer that is running the same version of Windows XP as the computer that you want to access with the boot floppy.
3. Create a Boot.ini file (or copy one from a computer that is running Windows XP), and then modify it to match the computer that you are trying to access. The following example works for a single-partition IDE drive with Windows XP installed in the \Windows folder, but the exact value in the [operating systems] section depends on the configuration of the Windows XP computer that you are trying to access: [boot loader]
timeout=30
Default= multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\windows

[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\windows="Windows XP"

by pcgregru

who has a floppy drive these days? tried this but it wanted to write to the a-drive only. how about a boot cd?

by rtillx4

By having the same problem and searching high and low, there is nowhere to download such a disc. The only way is if you have a full XP CD which I am sure you have found if you have done much looking. I am going to look into the linux software that will allow startup and access to files and folders on my Windowless laptop. I think they named it windows so you would know where to throw it out. lol

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