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How do I make a MS-Dos bootable diskette under Win 2K?
I need to make an MS-Dos bootable diskette for a flash-BIOS disk (the execute from saved file option doesn't work).
It used to be that one could bring up a command prompt and enter "Format a: /s" and it would install the system files to a floppy. That is no longer available under Win 2000. Startup disks have lots of other stuff on them.
How do I come up with a bootable floppy disk that has nothing besides system files on it?
Thanks.
Routerider
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October 19th, 2004 16:00
JD Scot
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October 20th, 2004 13:00
ausearch
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October 20th, 2004 17:00
Thanks, everyone -
I was told about a site called Bootdisk.com - got the file to make a bootable disk there.
Interestingly, the tech from Dell (Indian accent) checked with her supervisors and told me that there is no way to make such a disk under Win 2K. You'd think they'd make something available on the same web page that gives the BIOS download, that in turn requires a DOS-bootable disk.
JD Scot
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October 22nd, 2004 10:00
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November 1st, 2004 00:00