How to Make Windows XP Home and Professional Boot Disks... |
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If you can't find your bootable Windows XP CD to boot from, you will need to
download a free boot disk creation utility available from the Microsoft website.
Click on the appropriate link below for your Windows XP Home or Professional
operating system. |
| *note* Selecting the proper version of Windows XP is important. If you are unsure which version of Windows XP you have installed on your PC, look on the sides or back of your computer's case for the Windows XP sticker. Every computer that came with Windows XP preinstalled is required to have one. It should say on that sticker whether your computer is loaded with Windows XP Home or Professional. |
| If you have Windows XP Home, click here to download Microsoft's boot disk creator. |
| If you have Windows XP Professional, click here to download Microsoft's boot disk creator. |
| Now that you have the appropriate Microsoft Windows XP boot disk creator file downloaded, you need to run it. It should look like the icon depicted on the right. When you double click on the icon a Windows XP security warning may appear. If it does, click on the "Run" button. Next, a terms of use box will appear. Click on the "Yes" button to agree. The program will now extract the boot disk files to a temporary directory and a black DOS box will appear. |
| *note* The Windows XP Boot Disk Creator only creates 3.5" floppy disks. You can not create Windows XP boot CDs using this program. In the past this would go without saying, but today many computers do not ship with a floppy disk drive. Obviously, you will need a floppy drive to create a 3.5" Windows XP boot disk set. |
The box will ask you where you want to create the Windows XP boot disks. If your floppy drive is the A drive, then press the letter "a" and press enter. Now simply follow the directions on the screen to create your 6-disk Windows XP boot disk set. Make sure you label each boot disk so you know which is which! Once your 6-disk Windows XP boot disk set is created, you can insert boot disk 1 into your sick computer and begin the boot process. It will take some time to fully boot, so be patient and swap boot disks when you are instructed to do so. Good luck! |