Boot Disk

[Guest Fan924]

When booting from floppy, what file starts Windows 2000? There does

not seem to be a win.com. TIA

[Guest John John (MVP)]

Re: Boot Disk

 

There are usually only 3 files on a Windows 2000 floppy boot diskette:

 

Boot.ini

NTDETECT.COM

ntldr

 

Ntldr is responsible for starting the operating system.

 

John

 

Fan924 wrote:

> When booting from floppy, what file starts Windows 2000? There does

> not seem to be a win.com. TIA

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: Boot Disk

 

 

"Fan924" <a924fan@yahoo.com> wrote in message

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> When booting from floppy, what file starts Windows 2000? There does

> not seem to be a win.com. TIA

 

Win.com is a Win98 file. It was used a looooooooooong time ago!

[Guest philo]

Re: Boot Disk

 

 

"John John (MVP)" <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message

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> There are usually only 3 files on a Windows 2000 floppy boot diskette:

>

> Boot.ini

> NTDETECT.COM

> ntldr

>

> Ntldr is responsible for starting the operating system.

>

> John

>

> Fan924 wrote:

>

> > When booting from floppy, what file starts Windows 2000? There does

> > not seem to be a win.com. TIA

>

 

 

Yep that's right

the floppy should be formatted from the machine beign used

or any NT based machine (as opposed to win9x)

 

With those three files on the floppy

and the bios set to boot first from the floppy,

the machine should boot right up to the GUI

 

A good backup to have if editing the boot.ini file