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JY
10-12-01, 01:11 PM
How do I make a boot disk in Windows 2000?

Kingslayer
10-12-01, 01:33 PM
You mean boot disks. 4 of em to be exact.

Put in your 2k CD. Go to explore. Look around in there. (Sorry I can't remember exactly where they are, and I'm at work so all I have are Dell OEM 2k CD's and they don't have this utillity on them...)Look for the bootdisk directory. In there should be a makeboot.exe file. (Either that or its the makeboot directory with a bootdisk.exe file...)

This will make the 4 boot floppies required to install 2k. There is no format or fdisk utility. I can't imaging why you would want to make the floppies unless you cant boot from CDROM.

JY
10-12-01, 02:43 PM
I just am looking for something like the Windows 98 boot disk for emergencies.

turd
10-12-01, 06:29 PM
for emergency repair disk (ERD) , use 2K backup utility located, under system tools in the Accessories program group, or run cmd | ntbackup. Just select create an emergency repair disk, follow the prompts. You can also backup your registry from there. It is good idea to update this ERD after system changes/installs changes: easy and safe repair( in case) Hope this is what you mean?

Yodums
10-12-01, 07:27 PM
There's an easier way ....

Goto
http://www.bootdisk.com/

Look for some Win2K BootDisk
I believe there are 4 .img files which you use RawWrite to copy to a floppy.

JY
10-12-01, 08:30 PM
Thanks,

I checked accessories and that is just what I needed


JY