XP - Crashed

AgentZero · #1 December 15th, 2004, 09:25 PM

Actually, since the OS is what runs everything on the computer, it's like having to pull out the engine, strip it donwn to it's basic components, clean them all and stick the whole thing back together, then hope you didn't forget anything. I'm getting ready to to a format and re-install at the moment, but I've run into a problem. I sorta stepped on my WinXP install CD and then lost one of the pieces, so I got a copy off our tech guy at work. Problem it's not a bootable install CD, so if I format my drive I'm going to up a certain creek without a paddle.
Anybody know how to make a bootable install CD for WinXP? I know there's some programs out there that'll make one for you but I can't remember what they're called...

Captain Kwok · #2 December 15th, 2004, 10:12 PM

You can create a set of startup floppies for WinXP (I think you need 6) that loads the necessary items to get the install going from a non-bootable CD.

AgentZero · #3 December 17th, 2004, 09:35 PM

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Captain Kwok said:
You can create a set of startup floppies for WinXP (I think you need 6) that loads the necessary items to get the install going from a non-bootable CD.

Hmmm.... Any way of getting that burnt onto a CD? It's just that I don't have any floppies lying around but I've got about 40 blank CDs, so it'd make more sense for me to put it on CD.