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by xmtarpx

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Hi,

could someone PLEASE tell me why my cpu doesn't prompt me for another floppy to download XP boot disk PLZ?
it just downloads to a:/ and then says file too big for floppy... what gives besides my lack of exp?

thanks

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by thechas

Assuming that you are downloading the WinXP Boot Floppy creation utility from Microsoft, what you are downloading is NOT the boot disk, but a utility that creates the 6 floppy boot disk set.

Look at this Microsoft Knowledge Base article.

http://tinyurl.com/5jdj

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You need to download the file to your hard drive, then run the program to create the boot floppy set.

Make sure that you download the correct version of the utility. There are 4 different versions depending on which version of XP you have.
Home
Pro
W/SP1
W/O SP1

Chas

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