Win2000 - Boot
Floppy ERD (Emergency Repair Disk):
Research provided for discussion clarity... From
Windows 2000 Help Menu:
Search: emergency repair
disks, creating
To
create an Emergency Repair Disk
- Open
Backup.
- On the Tools menu, click Create an
Emergency Repair Disk.
- Follow the instructions that appear on your
screen.
- To
start Backup, click Start, point to Programs, point to Accessories,
point to System Tools, and then click Backup.
- Choosing Also back up the registry to the
repair directory will save your current registry files in a folder
within your systemroot/repair folder. This is useful if you
need to recover your system in the event your hard disk has failed.
Search: boot disks,
creating boot disks
To
create setup disks
- Insert a blank, formatted, 3.5-inch, 1.44-MB
disk into the floppy disk drive.
- Insert the Windows 2000 CD-ROM into the
CD-ROM drive.
- Click Start, and then click Run.
- In the Open box, type d:\bootdisk\makeboot
a: (where d: is the drive letter assigned to your CD-ROM
drive), and then click OK.
- Follow the screen prompts.
Important
- You will need four
blank, formatted, 3.5-inch, 1.44-MB floppy disks. Label them Setup
Disk One, Setup Disk Two, Setup Disk Three, and Setup
Disk Four.
Note
- You can create the setup disks from a computer
running any version of Windows or MS-DOS.
ERD
Commander - a utility that enables you to boot NT off of a floppy disk
Sysinternals
Freeware - Information for Windows NT and Windows 2000 - ERDCommander 2000
SC
On-Line - Article: ERD
Commander 2000 Version: 2.01
Winternals
Software - Repair & Recovery Tools - ERD Commander 2000
JSI
Tip 0012 - Build a NTFS or FAT Boot Floppy.
How
to Create a Bootable Disk for an NTFS or FAT
Partition
Ars
Technica ERD Commander Professional - Page 1 (4-99)
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