How to format a floppy disk with system under XP?

[Guest Eric]

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to format a floppy disk with

system/boot disk under XP?

Thanks in advance for any suggestions

Eric

[Guest Gordon Shumway]

RE: How to format a floppy disk with system under XP?

 

Go to http://www.bootdisk.com and download it.

 

GS

 

 

 

"Eric" wrote:

> Does anyone have any suggestions on how to format a floppy disk with

> system/boot disk under XP?

> Thanks in advance for any suggestions

> Eric

[Guest sgopus]

RE: How to format a floppy disk with system under XP?

 

no such animal with XP, it doesn't use DOS anymore.

so to create a bootdisk you would have to download it from the mentioned link.

 

"Eric" wrote:

> Does anyone have any suggestions on how to format a floppy disk with

> system/boot disk under XP?

> Thanks in advance for any suggestions

> Eric

[Guest Bob Knowlden]

Re: How to format a floppy disk with system under XP?

 

I'm not sure exactly what you're looking for.

 

If you put a floppy in the drive, right click it, and select "format",

you'll be given a checkbox to create a system diskette.

 

That will permit you to boot into what is basically DOS. (I have read claims

that it differs from a real MS DOS boot, but I'm unaware of the distinction.

I believe that when you boot from the floppy, you may be informed that

you're starting Windows ME.)

 

The main problem with it is that there won't be much free space on the

diskette for things like updated mainboard BIOS files.

 

Even Vista X64 preserves the ability to generate a boot floppy. I find that

I don't need boot floppies very often; I use a bootable USB thumb drive.

 

HTH.

 

Return address scrambled. Replace nkbob with bobkn.

 

"Eric" <Eric@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> Does anyone have any suggestions on how to format a floppy disk with

> system/boot disk under XP?

> Thanks in advance for any suggestions

> Eric

[Guest John John (MVP)]

Re: How to format a floppy disk with system under XP?

 

For a plain Jane MS-DOS floppy disk just stick a floppy diskette in the

drive then from Windows Explorer right-click on the floppy drive and

select Format and put a check mark on the "Create an MS-DOS startup

disk". This disk may not have all the tools you expect on it but it

will boot your computer to MS-DOS.

 

John

 

Eric wrote:

> Does anyone have any suggestions on how to format a floppy disk with

> system/boot disk under XP?

> Thanks in advance for any suggestions

> Eric

[Guest Colin Barnhorst]

Re: How to format a floppy disk with system under XP?

 

You must not have a floppy drive or you just don't use it. Of course he can

create an MSDOS bootdisk.

 

"sgopus" <sgopus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> no such animal with XP, it doesn't use DOS anymore.

> so to create a bootdisk you would have to download it from the mentioned

> link.

>

> "Eric" wrote:

>

>> Does anyone have any suggestions on how to format a floppy disk with

>> system/boot disk under XP?

>> Thanks in advance for any suggestions

>> Eric

[Guest Patrick Keenan]

Re: How to format a floppy disk with system under XP?

 

"Eric" <Eric@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> Does anyone have any suggestions on how to format a floppy disk with

> system/boot disk under XP?

> Thanks in advance for any suggestions

> Eric

 

There is little point to this if you want to access an NTFS drive, unless

you use 3rd party drivers - and these you have to pay for if you want write

access to the disk.

 

You can make Dos/ win9x boot disks, but these won't access NTFS disks, which

is most drives over 40 gig. On the other hand, there are free Linux boot

CDs you can make that can do this with no problem. And the XP install CD

is bootable.

 

So, you do need to be a little more precise in what it is you're asking for,

and why.

 

HTH

-pk

[Guest M.I.5¾]

Re: How to format a floppy disk with system under XP?

 

 

"sgopus" <sgopus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> no such animal with XP, it doesn't use DOS anymore.

> so to create a bootdisk you would have to download it from the mentioned

> link.

>

 

What utter tosh.

 

When you open the Format dialog box, just check the box 'Create an MS-DOS

startup disk'. XP will create a bootable floppy disk that boots a PC to an

MS-DOS system.

[Guest smlunatick]

Re: How to format a floppy disk with system under XP?

 

MS Dos boot disk will not let you see any of your NTFS partitions directly.

This is very useless to be used to repair most XP boot problems. Every "true"

XP install CDs are bootable.

 

On 13/05/2008 "Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote:

>You must not have a floppy drive or you just don't use it. Of course he can

>create an MSDOS bootdisk.

>

>"sgopus" <sgopus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>news:CCEB0407-ED2B-4FAF-B6A0-465A641894FC@microsoft.com...

>> no such animal with XP, it doesn't use DOS anymore.

>> so to create a bootdisk you would have to download it from the mentioned

>> link.

>>

>> "Eric" wrote:

>>

>>> Does anyone have any suggestions on how to format a floppy disk with

>>> system/boot disk under XP?

>>> Thanks in advance for any suggestions

>>> Eric

>

[Guest Colin Barnhorst]

Re: How to format a floppy disk with system under XP?

 

True, but that has nothing to do with the ability to make an MSDOS floppy.

I used to make them because one was needed in order to flash the BIOS.

Ghost used to require one as well, IIRC.

 

"smlunatick" <yveslec@gmail.com> wrote in message

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> MS Dos boot disk will not let you see any of your NTFS partitions

> directly.

> This is very useless to be used to repair most XP boot problems. Every

> "true"

> XP install CDs are bootable.

>

> On 13/05/2008 "Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote:

>>You must not have a floppy drive or you just don't use it. Of course he

>>can

>>create an MSDOS bootdisk.

>>

>>"sgopus" <sgopus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>>news:CCEB0407-ED2B-4FAF-B6A0-465A641894FC@microsoft.com...

>>> no such animal with XP, it doesn't use DOS anymore.

>>> so to create a bootdisk you would have to download it from the mentioned

>>> link.

>>>

>>> "Eric" wrote:

>>>

>>>> Does anyone have any suggestions on how to format a floppy disk with

>>>> system/boot disk under XP?

>>>> Thanks in advance for any suggestions

>>>> Eric

>>

[Guest sgopus]

Re: How to format a floppy disk with system under XP?

 

Utter Tosh??? not familiar with that term, but it must be a foul one.

I stand corrected, yes I was looking at the dos not being able to read NTFS,

so responded, I was wrong.

 

"M.I.5¾" wrote:

>

> "sgopus" <sgopus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:CCEB0407-ED2B-4FAF-B6A0-465A641894FC@microsoft.com...

> > no such animal with XP, it doesn't use DOS anymore.

> > so to create a bootdisk you would have to download it from the mentioned

> > link.

> >

>

> What utter tosh.

>

> When you open the Format dialog box, just check the box 'Create an MS-DOS

> startup disk'. XP will create a bootable floppy disk that boots a PC to an

> MS-DOS system.

>

>

>

[Guest Nonny]

Re: How to format a floppy disk with system under XP?

 

On Wed, 14 May 2008 15:06:01 -0700, sgopus

<sgopus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Utter Tosh??? not familiar with that term, but it must be a foul one.

 

Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) -

–noun Chiefly British Informal.

nonsense; bosh.

>I stand corrected, yes I was looking at the dos not being able to read NTFS,

>so responded, I was wrong.

>

>"M.I.5¾" wrote:

>

>>

>> "sgopus" <sgopus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> news:CCEB0407-ED2B-4FAF-B6A0-465A641894FC@microsoft.com...

>> > no such animal with XP, it doesn't use DOS anymore.

>> > so to create a bootdisk you would have to download it from the mentioned

>> > link.

>> >

>>

>> What utter tosh.

>>

>> When you open the Format dialog box, just check the box 'Create an MS-DOS

>> startup disk'. XP will create a bootable floppy disk that boots a PC to an

>> MS-DOS system.

>>

>>

>>