Boot Disk help pls

**RudeYute** · 6th October 2002

Hi,

I need to make a boot disk for my neighbour's WIn 98 system, but am on XP. is there anyway I can do it myself?
I'm going by the instructions here: http://www.mvps.org/winmac/bootdisk.html

I formatted the disk ok, but can't make it bootable, as I just get errrors.

Anyone help?

Thanks

**Aido** · 6th October 2002

Download one of these images mate - http://www.mirrors.org/archived_soft...m/original.htm

**RudeYute** · 6th October 2002

Cool,. but don't I still need to make the disk bootable ?

**Aido** · 6th October 2002

Do you mean a floppy disk or a hard disk?

If it's a floppy then those images will boot straight up - nothing you need to do..

**RudeYute** · 6th October 2002

Ahh, downloaded it now so see it'll do all the work.

Cheers

**fireman2203** · 6th October 2002

Rude Yute if your really stuck i have a spare 1 and i know your in leicester the same as me. Pm if you want 1 and ill drop it off or u can pick it up

**Hippie on hill** · 7th October 2002

I'd reccommend U bookmark this place it's the dogs danglies for boot discs
http://bootdisk.com
Imaginative title and all you'll need

**shadygeezer** · 7th October 2002

Originally posted by Hookerman
I'd reccommend U bookmark this place it's the dogs danglies for boot discs
http://bootdisk.com
Imaginative title and all you'll need

It sure is m8ty cheers 4 that

**RudeYute** · 7th October 2002

Sorted the boot disk now.

Cheers for the offer Fireman.

Shame I couldn't reinstall windows on that PC though, lol, the contents of the boot disk were copied to the PC and I couldn't install it so I gave up, lol

Regards

**Aido** · 7th October 2002

Hmmm - a couple of things in that case then mate..

You say you can't install Windows - why?

Did you make sure that the partition was marked as 'active' in fdisk?

Did you try running fdisk /mbr ?? This will rebuild the master boot record.

Also, the format /s command should copy the boot files over..

**RudeYute** · 8th October 2002

Hi,

All I done was stick the boot disk in and it went to DOS prompt after doing it's business.
I used DOS commands to see what was on the HD, but I seem to have got the contents of the boot disk, so can only think that the boot disk was copied to the HD?
And I think that was the reason Windows wouldn't install.

Not really bothered anyway, he's toook it back to suppplier I think, but helps to know what went wrong anyway.

Regards