How do I make a startupdisk with XP?

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22 July 2003, 11:35 PM

cryptwalk

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Er as title says, I cant find where to make a startup disk on XP Pro. Seems to remember Millenium having this option??

Have I missed it?

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22 July 2003, 11:40 PM

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not a dos os as far as i'm aware so doesn't do that whole boot to dos thing, the win xp cd is bootable just need to set cd drive to be first boot device

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22 July 2003, 11:43 PM

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Many thanks Si.

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22 July 2003, 11:45 PM

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your welcome mate, i'm just waiting for someone to tell me i'm talking bollox

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23 July 2003, 12:09 AM

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or try ;310994]http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];310994

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23 July 2003, 03:59 PM

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Try here

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23 July 2003, 07:42 PM

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There is the option to create a DOS boot disk in XP if that's what you mean. Go into right-click on the disk and choose format and the option is at the bottom of the window.