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Creating an MS-DOS Boot Disk

I recently said that an MS-DOS boot disk couldn’t be created in Windows 2000. As several readers pointed out, this isn’t quite true. An MS-DOS boot disk can be created using files located on the ...
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How do I create a DOS start-up disk under Windows XP Pro?

I need to create a bootable system floppy to update BIOs.<BR><BR>The instructions say to type [FORMAT A:/S] from the DOS prompt WITHOUT creating "AUTOEXEC.BAT" and "CONFIG.SYS" files.<BR><BR>How do I ...
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Creating System Disk using DOS, trying to reformat hard drive

I'm trying to reformat my hard drive (only have one) and it won't let me b/c the os is on the hard drive. I tried creating a start-up disk with Windows XP so that I could boot to DOS and format from a ...
Computerworld

Creating an MS-DOS Boot Disk in Windows XP

I mentioned before that you could create an MS-DOS boot disk in Windows XP. Several readers have asked about the procedure, so here it is. Insert a disk into your floppy disk drive and run Windows ...