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1. #Creating an os x boot disk install#
2. #Creating an os x boot disk drivers#
3. #Creating an os x boot disk driver#
4. #Creating an os x boot disk professional#
5. #Creating an os x boot disk windows#

Microsoft has phased out bootable floppy diskettes in favor of bootable CDs and has not included a method of creating a bootable floppy diskette in Windows XP or from the CD.

#Creating an os x boot disk install#

Booting from the Windows XP CD allows you to not only install or reinstall Windows XP, but also troubleshoot. The Microsoft Windows XP CD is a bootable CD and doesn't need a bootable floppy diskette. From the backup window, click the button for Emergency Repair Disk and follow each of the steps. Users can also create an Emergency Repair Disk by clicking Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools, and opening backup. Open the "BOOTDISK" folder and double-click makeboot.exe and click ok to launch the program to create the diskette.

#Creating an os x boot disk professional#

To create a Windows 2000 Professional bootable diskette, you need four 1.44 MB diskettes and the Windows 2000 Professional CD.Ĭlick Start, Run, browse to the CD-ROM drive.

#Creating an os x boot disk drivers#

If you are using any SCSI devices that you need access to, you need to also load these drivers onto the diskette. To create a boot diskette, you must have access to the i386 directory on your Windows NT CD or possibly your hard drive.įormat the floppy diskette you want to make a bootable Windows NT boot disk using the Windows NT machine.Ĭopy boot.ini,, and ntldr to the floppy diskette. Once this is displayed, press Enter to copy the file.Ĭongratulations, after completing the above steps, you have a bootable floppy diskette. copy con config.sys ĭevicehigh=a:\oakcdrom.sys /d:CDROM (this line is used for your CD-ROM drive). Once this is displayed, press Enter to copy the file. LH A:\MOUSE.* (skip line if you did not copy mouse file, the * is either sys or com). LH A:\MSCDEX.EXE /D:CDROM (this line is used for your CD-ROM drive). Get to the floppy drive by typing A:, once at the floppy drive, type: copy con autoexec.bat Once you have copied the above files, create an autoexec.bat and a config.sys. Locate this file and copy it to your bootable diskette.įor CD-ROM support, visit our CD-ROM drivers page for information on loading your CD-ROM driver.

#Creating an os x boot disk driver#

The MS-DOS mouse driver is or mouse.sys. If you're planning to use this diskette as a diskette to load games or you feel that you need mouse support, you need to copy the mouse driver onto the boot diskette. In this directory, type: copy format*.* a: Ĭopy qbasic*.* a: (Win 95/98 users skip this line) Once the diskette is formatted and the system are transferred, you'll be returned to your original directory. If you have MS-DOS 3.11 through 4.0 using double density 5.25" diskettes, type: FORMAT A: /4 /S If you have MS-DOS 5.0 Type using double density 5.25" diskettes type: FORMAT A: /360 /S Insert a diskette that does not contain any information since it is going to be erased.Īt the prompt, if you have MS-DOS 6.2, Windows 3.x, Windows 95, Windows 98, type: FORMAT A:/S Once in DOS and at the correct directory (mentioned earlier), you're ready to create your bootable diskette.

Once again a disk image does not work.When making a boot disk, if you are running "Stacker" or some kind of a DoubleSpace or drive swapper program, this could not work. option) & select the DVD - you can install to the flash drive as BobHarris described. If you have the DVD just reboot holding the alt key (a.k.a. The simplest method it to open the 'Computer' item from the popup menu & navigate to the listing of all disks. In the window that opens with the title 'Select folder to image' you need to navigate to the DVD. The 'base of the install DVD' is exactly that. If you have a disk image already it is a different process. Sometimes people say they have the 'installer disk' when they have a disk image they acquired from the internet. If I am not following your instructions correctly, then you need to clarify what you mean by "the base of the install DVD." Thanks. I have tried to boot the computer from the installation disk, and it won't work. And as I also already wrote, I would like to create a bootable copy of OS 10.6. As I already wrote, I have a new OS 10.6 installation disk. I thought my original question was clear.