Creating boot floppies for Windows XP...

[DAGTA]

Does anyone know how to create a set of boot floppies for Windows XP Pro inside of Windows XP Pro? Our department has recently obtained a copy of Windows XP Pro (licensed) but the disk we were given is a burned copy that was not made bootable.
Thanks for the help!
-DAGTA

 

[Smilin]

Unless it's an OEM if that CD isn't bootable then it isn't a legit copy.

You can get the SIX boot floppies directly from Microsoft here

 

[Chang10is]

it actually matters whether it's a legit copy or not? why would a legit copy be bootable and others not bootable?

 

[alkemyst]

If you aren't using NTFS then a win 98 boot floppy will work, or any with FAT32 as a possiblity.

 

[NogginBoink]

As Smilin says, you must download the six boot floppies; they don't ship on the XP CD.

Or, as alkemyst says, you can create a Win9x boot floppy with CD ROM realmode drivers and install that way.

Personally, I'd go back to the department that gave you the CD and get them to create a bootable one.

 

[0p73r0nG33k]

Do you mean the boot floppy like what you can create off of Windows 9x through the Add/Remove pane? Because you can do this in XP (just not through that method). I just don't want to post info that doesn't pertain since I'm not positive that's what you're looking for.

 

[SUOrangeman]

Make your own bootable XP CD

Using the Win2K instructions as a guide, you can even slipstream XP's Service Pack 1 into your bootable CD.

-SUO

 

[kursplat]

Our department has recently obtained a copy of Windows XP Pro (licensed) but the disk we were given is a burned copy that was not made bootable.

"licensed" to who ? probably not someone who has permision to to copy MS's disks.