John For those of us that no longer have floppies, can one do the same with a CD burner?
Al -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]on Behalf Of Jon Pierson Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 8:04 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Windows XP won't boot up Hi Lawrence, This should help. Jon Formatting the Windows XP Startup Disk Formatting a Windows XP Startup Disk is a straightforward procedure. Of course, before you can begin, you need a blank 1.44-MB high-density floppy disk. To begin, insert the floppy disk into the drive. Then, launch My Computer from the Start menu, right-click the floppy drive (Drive A) icon, and select the Format command. When you do, you'll see the Format 3-1/2 Floppy (A:) dialog box, as shown in Figure A. You'll use the default settings in the Format 3-1/2 Floppy (A:) dialog box. You can immediately click the Start button since the default settings are the correct ones for creating a Windows XP Startup Disk. While you may be tempted to select the Create An MS-DOS Startup Disk check box, don't. Doing so will create a standard DOS boot disk that won't work for the Windows XP Startup Disk technique. If you wish, you can format the Windows XP Startup Disk from the command line. To do so, just open a Command Prompt window and type the command: Format A: Making the disk bootable Once you've formatted the Windows XP Startup Disk, you need to make it bootable. To do so, launch Windows Explorer, access the root directory on the hard disk, and copy the following files to the floppy disk: Ntdetect.com Ntldr Boot.ini ------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------- ----The bootable floppy You may be wondering how these files make the disk bootable. Well, here's the scoop: When you format a floppy disk in Windows XP, the boot record is configured to locate and run the Ntldr file. When Ntldr runs, it loads the available operating system selections from the Boot.ini file. When you select Windows, Ntldr runs Ntdetect.com and then passes control to Osloader.exe, which, in the case of booting from the Windows XP Startup Disk, resides on the hard disk. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of lawrence taylor Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 4:54 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Windows XP won't boot up Hi John, how does one go about making an xp diskette? I all ways thought boot disks were apart of your software installation package? stay well ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon Pierson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 3:49 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Windows XP won't boot up > Hi Debbie, > Can you get someone to look at the machine and see what it wants? My hope is > that it's just doing a giant chkdsk because of the improper shutdown and > that it will eventually come back by itself, even if it takes an hour or so. > Of course that depends on the drive and the speed of the machine. > The other thing you could try is to make an Xp boot diskette on another > machine and boot from that just in case one of the boot files is damaged. > This isn't likely but worth a try. > The best thing at this point is to get someone to tell you what's on > screen. > > Jon > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Debbie G > Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 3:39 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Blind-Computing] Windows XP won't boot up > > Hi all, > > I attempted to do a system restore on my desktop computer and for whatever > reason, my computer wouldn't restart. As a result, I had to do an improper > shutdown. When I tried to boot it up, windows didn't boot up. > > I'm using windows XP Media Center and Jaws 10.0 > > Does this mean I will have to get my hard drive reformatted? > > Thanks for any help. > Debbie, owner of Anxiety Depression support group. > > My skype username is: buttercup1374 > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
