http://www.techsupportforum.com/blogs/ Tech Support Forum is a free computer support center for everyone. From Microsoft to Linux we support it all. en Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:01:04 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.techsupportforum.com/cwd/images/misc/rss.jpg http://www.techsupportforum.com/blogs/ http://www.techsupportforum.com/blogs/27132-mack/103-start-up-disk.html Sun, 28 Sep 2008 12:14:37 GMT If you have a start-up problem, and have previously made a Start-up Disk then this disk can be used to bypass your system start-up files and boot directly from the disk files and under the right circumstances start window normally.

Open your C: drive(or whatever you're drive letter is) in Windows Explorer. If Explorer displays a warning, click Show the contents of this folder. To display the particular files you need, select Tools, Folder Options, then click the View tab. Make sure Show hidden files and folders is selected, and un-check Hide protected operating system files.

1. Insert a blank floppy disk in drive A, and then format the disk by using Windows XP.
2. From the root folder of the system partition of your hard disk drive (for example, C:\-), copy the following files to the floppy disk:

Boot.ini
NTLDR
Ntdetect.com

Luckily, after learning this I made a Start-up Disk. A short time after I needed it due to deleting Ubuntu causing my boot.ini to get corrupted My system wouldn't start from a windows xp disc so I tried the floppy start-up Disk. To my relief it worked and I was able to save all of my important Data.
Your system will then automatically save the boot files and marks them as a good. You will then be able to restart normally without the disk.

Make a disk!!!!!!!!! ]]> Mack http://www.techsupportforum.com/blogs/27132-mack/103-start-up-disk.html