Creat DOS Boot disk from 2000

[Norcross]

Anybody know if and how you can creat a floppy boot disk from within win2000? I want to flash the BIOS and need to boot from floppy to do it. Tired of having to find a 95 or 98 machine every time a need a boot floppy.

 

[neuralfx]

www.bootdisk.com whatever bootdisk you need..
-neural

 

[bacillus]

bootdisk.com

 

[Bozo Galora]

uh, why not just create a folder in the root directory of your 2K install and dump necessary 10 or 12 boot files there, then (control/A) copy paste them to a floppy when needed

 

[Nevo]

<< uh, why not just create a folder in the root directory of your 2K install and dump necessary 10 or 12 boot files there, then (control/A) copy paste them to a floppy when needed >>



Cuz that won't update the boot sector of the floppy.

 

[Bozo Galora]

what on earth are you talking about &quot;update the bootsector of the floppy&quot;
did you read what the man posted?

actually he doesn't need a Win 98 startup floppy to update mobo bios. You only need awardflash.exe, the update .bin file, command.com, and the two registry files, IO.sys and msdos.sys - and autoexec.bat if you want it to autostart. Once again, in this more focused case, just make a file in the root directory with these files and paste in whatever bin file you need. That way you wont &quot;have to look for a Win 98 machine&quot; all the time.

 

[Bozo Galora]

but if you ever do want to create the unnecessary bootup floppy in 2K just -

Q. Where is RDISK in Windows 2000?

A. A. The RDISK.EXE utility has been replaced with an option in the
NTBACKUP.EXE utility.

1.Start NTBACKUP.EXE (Start - Run - NTBACKUP.EXE)
2.Select &quot;Create an Emergency Repair Disk&quot; from the tools menu
3.Insert a blank formatted disk in drive A: and click OK
4.Click OK to the completion message and click OK