Q: You bootable floppy in Windows 9x by typing in:
format a: / s
After Windows ME and 2K, that option no longer works. What should I do to just make a bootable floppy? I do not want all the junk from a Windows 98 Startup disk provides you.
Thanks!
Re:In Windows ME you can just copy the io.sys and command.com files from c:\windows\command\
to a floppy. I've done that many times, works great.
Re:I don't think there's a built in solution for W2K. Remember, W2K is not DOS based, so they didn't throw in the ability to make a DOS based boot disk.
Thankfully XP rectified that.
Re:<< Your easiest solution is to download a premade bootdisk from bootdisk.com (http://www.bootdisk.com). >>
I know about bootdisk.com, but what I really want is a way to create bootable floppies without all the other stuff like FDISK, FORMAT, etc., etc.
I know you can do it in Windows 9x, but in Windows 2000, you can't do either format a: /s or choose "copy system files". Anybody else?
Re:Your easiest solution is to download a premade bootdisk from bootdisk.com (http://www.bootdisk.com).
Re:<< im not using win2k or me right now so i cant verify, but cant you go to format floppy and check the "copy system files" box? >>
Nope…
Re:Or you can copy the format.exe file to your hard drive and use that perhaps. Personally I just either use format /s for a barebones boot disk, or take the disk over to a win 98 machine and create a windows boot disk (the advantage of this option is that I get CD rom support when booting in dos).
Re:im not using win2k or me right now so i cant verify, but cant you go to format floppy and check the "copy system files" box?
Re:Not sure about W2K but in XP open windows explorer, right click your floppy drive, select format, format options, select "make an MS-DOS statup disk"
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