re: System asking for a ("W95") boot disk -- oops!
Wednesday, December 14, 2005 at 9:21 am
Windows 95 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Kiwi
(2111 messages posted)
What does the XP CD being bootable have to do with W95, you ask? Doggoned if I know.
So, as Don Adams' character would say, so often, "Sorry about that!"
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Kiwi
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On Wednesday, December 14, 2005 at 9:15 am, Kiwi wrote:
>There are a variety of trouble-shooting steps you can take before needing a
>CD or a floppy that will boot up. Often, Safe Mode will run when Real Mode will
>not. Here's the oops: "The original XP CD has boot code on it."
>
>But you can fairly easily create a CD that boots by getting the image file from
>www.bootdisk.com (while using a different PC), and making a floppy from that on
>the borrowed machine. Then, with Nero or another CD burning program, make a
>bootable CD from the floppy.
>
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- System asking for boot disk. (Kiwi: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 at 9:15 am)
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