Robbie Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 Floppy disks... the way to go forward! A few years ago when my computer had a floppy disk drive I was able to create a startup disk that loaded things like ntldr from the floppy to be able to boot up the computer. All I had to do was change the startup sequence in the BIOS so the computer looked for a floppy disk drive first. I've just bought an external FDD and would like to recreate the same disk but I'm not sure what files I used to have as the emergency startup disk. Does anyone know which files should be there or can they point me to a website which has this information? Also, will the external (USB) FDD start as if it was an internal FDD and therefore I can change the BIOS settings if it was ever needed? Thanks for any help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acooldozen Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 May want to begin here.......... http://www.google.com/search?client=opera&...-8&oe=utf-8 ..........and Make yourself a Great Day! Cheers, Lyle Keep your software up to date http://www.dozleng.com/updates/index.php? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted May 10, 2007 Moderators Share Posted May 10, 2007 I know you're looking for a bootable floppy disk, however making a bootable CD-R will result into a much faster bootup. Plus CD-R's are vastly more reliable over floppy disks in the long run since floppies can get bad sectors even if they aren't used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbie Posted May 10, 2007 Author Share Posted May 10, 2007 I know you're looking for a bootable floppy disk, however making a bootable CD-R will result into a much faster bootup. Plus CD-R's are vastly more reliable over floppy disks in the long run since floppies can get bad sectors even if they aren't used.I tried to find a way to recreate the same boot disk using a CD disk but could never find how to do it... I thought it wasn't possible to re create a bootible floppy on CD...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbie Posted May 10, 2007 Author Share Posted May 10, 2007 oh, and if it is possible to create a bootable CD-R what files do I need? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1200 Posted May 11, 2007 Share Posted May 11, 2007 i don't know if this help but if it does not just look around the site, i am sure you will find what you need:http://www.nu2.nu/bootdisk/cdrom/ Nlite Tutorial, Wireless Security Tutorial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted May 11, 2007 Moderators Share Posted May 11, 2007 Bootable CD's to my knowledge need a boot image created for them. Many CD/DVD burning software programs can do this for you automatically - so long as you have the boot disk files ready to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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