Guest ybliku2 Posted July 12, 2007 Posted July 12, 2007 I am trying to download the file Windows XP setup boot disks and the instructions say there will be a prompt to insert a floppy and there isn't one. So, I went ahead and downloaded the file thinking that when it completed downloading, it would ask for it then. It still did not ask where I wanted it to go. I ended up going into A: drive and saving the file, in hopees that it would go ahead and download from there. But...it tells me the 1.4MB floppy isn't large enough. That I need to delete some files. I have no idea where the file ended up when it downloaded, does anyone have any idea where I can begin to look? Please help me with this issue as I have been working on this all day and I am about ready to destroy these computers. lol Thanks for your attention...But...Please help!!!
Guest C J. Posted July 12, 2007 Posted July 12, 2007 Re: How to Obtain Windows XP setup boot disks LOL... You need to save the Boot disk program to your desktop... double click on that... The program to create the disks it contains will prompt you to insert your floppies as they're needed to create the set of six disks. Good luck... ybliku2 <ybliku2@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > I am trying to download the file Windows XP setup boot disks and the > instructions say there will be a prompt to insert a floppy and there isn't > one. So, I went ahead and downloaded the file thinking that when it > completed downloading, it would ask for it then. It still did not ask > where I wanted it to go. I ended up going into A: drive and saving the > file, in hopees that it would go ahead and download from there. But...it > tells me the > 1.4MB floppy isn't large enough. That I need to delete some files. I > have no idea where the file ended up when it downloaded, does anyone have > any idea where I can begin to look? Please help me with this issue as I > have been working on this all day and I am about ready to destroy these > computers. lol Thanks for your attention...But...Please help!!!
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted July 12, 2007 Posted July 12, 2007 Re: How to Obtain Windows XP setup boot disks "ybliku2" <ybliku2@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:A1CC688F-A153-48F9-8F07-0B5DB950B9AF@microsoft.com... >I am trying to download the file Windows XP setup boot disks and the > instructions say there will be a prompt to insert a floppy and there isn't > one. So, I went ahead and downloaded the file thinking that when it > completed downloading, it would ask for it then. It still did not ask > where > I wanted it to go. I ended up going into A: drive and saving the file, in > hopees that it would go ahead and download from there. But...it tells me > the > 1.4MB floppy isn't large enough. That I need to delete some files. I > have > no idea where the file ended up when it downloaded, does anyone have any > idea > where I can begin to look? Please help me with this issue as I have been > working on this all day and I am about ready to destroy these computers. > lol > Thanks for your attention...But...Please help!!! These days just about every PC has a CD/DVD drive, hence there is no need for setup boot diskettes. What do you need yours for?
Guest RalfG Posted July 12, 2007 Posted July 12, 2007 Re: How to Obtain Windows XP setup boot disks The XP boot disks are a mutiple disk set, 6 of them IIRC. You download the disk creation app (one large file) to your harddrive then run it and insert each of the empty pre-formatted floppy disks to be written on. "ybliku2" <ybliku2@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:A1CC688F-A153-48F9-8F07-0B5DB950B9AF@microsoft.com... >I am trying to download the file Windows XP setup boot disks and the > instructions say there will be a prompt to insert a floppy and there isn't > one. So, I went ahead and downloaded the file thinking that when it > completed downloading, it would ask for it then. It still did not ask > where > I wanted it to go. I ended up going into A: drive and saving the file, in > hopees that it would go ahead and download from there. But...it tells me > the > 1.4MB floppy isn't large enough. That I need to delete some files. I > have > no idea where the file ended up when it downloaded, does anyone have any > idea > where I can begin to look? Please help me with this issue as I have been > working on this all day and I am about ready to destroy these computers. > lol > Thanks for your attention...But...Please help!!!
Guest Lil' Dave Posted July 13, 2007 Posted July 13, 2007 Re: How to Obtain Windows XP setup boot disks "ybliku2" <ybliku2@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:A1CC688F-A153-48F9-8F07-0B5DB950B9AF@microsoft.com... >I am trying to download the file Windows XP setup boot disks and the > instructions say there will be a prompt to insert a floppy and there isn't > one. So, I went ahead and downloaded the file thinking that when it > completed downloading, it would ask for it then. It still did not ask > where > I wanted it to go. I ended up going into A: drive and saving the file, in > hopees that it would go ahead and download from there. But...it tells me > the > 1.4MB floppy isn't large enough. That I need to delete some files. I > have > no idea where the file ended up when it downloaded, does anyone have any > idea > where I can begin to look? Please help me with this issue as I have been > working on this all day and I am about ready to destroy these computers. > lol > Thanks for your attention...But...Please help!!! Follow directions provided for their creation noted here: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310994 Dave
Recommended Posts