Win XP/boot or startup disk?

[richardlayne]

Guys I'm not real familier with xp so this may be a dumb question, but does xp have a startup or boot disk similar to the other operating systems?

[bailey]

yes it is a 6 disk set, but the xp cd is also bootable all by its self.

[richardlayne]

I'm thinking everything got wiped off this computer that's why I would need the floppy.

[bailey]

no, you do not need a floppy

just set the first boot device to be the cdrom drive, place the xp cd in the drive and boot the system.
it will boot from the cd and you can then run a reinstall repaire of the hard drive without loosing any settings and data, except all the patches and updates and sp1 will need to be reinstalled.

[jmichna]

For about 4-5 years now, newer computers have been bootable via CD-ROM drives... you don't need a boot disk with DOS CD-ROM drivers unless you've got a box that's pretty old. JUst go into BIOS, set your CD-ROM drive as first in boot order, put your XP install media in your CD-ROM drive and reboot.