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Number   :  5190
Date     :  2003-08-01
Author   :  Garry Deane
Subject  :  Re: Win XP Boot Disk Help!
Size(KB) :  1


--- In xxcopy@yahoogroups.com, "shadow98fl"  wrote:
> I need to make a boot disk for my win xp, without AUTOEXEC.
> BAT and CONFIG.SYS files before I update (flash) bios for 
> motherboard. I downloaded XXCOPY16, I believe I followed
> the directions (format a, ntldr, ntdetect.com, boot.ini )
> It seems like it wrote info to floppy (kept lighting up
> drive), but when I try to check the floppy to confirm info
> is there, it tells me no files or folders found. Help?

Those files are normally hidden and you've probably got
explorer settings that don't display hidden files.

You can go into explorer->view->folder options->view (or the
equivalent on XP) and set it to display hidden files. Or you
can open a Cmd prompt window and type:

dir a:\ /a

However I'm not sure that what you're doing is correct in order
to flash the bios. The steps you've described are for booting
into XP when the normal boot startup fails. What is ususally
required is a non-windows OS e.g. DOS or similar.

If the documentation for flashing your BIOS says you need a DOS
boot disk, go to http://www.bootdisk.com/ to get information
and the appropriate image files for creating a DOS boot disk.

Garry



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