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Creating an MS-DOS Boot Disk in Windows XP
WINDOWS SYSADMIN TIPS --- 05/31/2002

Jim Pile

I mentioned before that you could create an MS-DOS boot disk in Windows XP. Several readers have asked about the procedure, so here it is. 

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Insert a disk into your floppy disk drive and run Windows Explorer. Right-click the Drive A icon and choose Format. In the Format dialog box, select the check box labeled 'Create an MS-DOS startup disk' and then click Start. When the warning dialog appears, click OK to continue.

When the format finishes, click OK in the Format Complete dialog box. Back in the Format dialog box, click OK to close the dialog box and continue.

The formatted disk contains the following files:

Autoexec.Bat
Command.Com Config.Sys Display.Sys Ega.Cpi Ega2.Cpi Ega3.Cpi Io.Sys Keyb.Com Keyboard.Sys Keybrd2.Sys Keybrd3.Sys Keybrd4.Sys Mode.Com Msdos.Sys

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Jim Pile has been an instrumentation engineer for 25 years. He's been writing IT tutorial newsletters for The Cobb Group and IDG for five years. Jim can be reached at Jim.Pile@itworld.com.



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