How can I make a Boot Disk from my computer?
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How do you intend to boot without a floppy drive?  You want to make a bootable CD ROM?\n\nMaybe try: http://www.nu2.nu/bootcd/cdromsi/
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You can make one yourself using a DVD (a CD doesn't have enough space).  If you are running XP, just go Start>All Programs>Accessories>System Tools>Backup.  Just follow the directions from there.
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http://bootdisk.com\n\nhttp://ubcd.org\n\nhttp://pclinuxos.com\n\nhttp://livecdlist.com\n\nAll 313 of the above Live CDroms boot from the CDrom, run in RAM and can test computers that have no Hard drive installed, or have a corrupted or damaged hard drive, where you desire to recover the data.\n\nHTH!
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Totally do-able.  Fred Langa, of InformationWeek, wrote a stepy by step guide to boot from a thumb drive. I know you want to use a external hard drive but the basic procedure is the same.\n\n"Fred Langa offers a step-by-step and illustrated guide on how to boot XP from an ordinary USB drive." --Fred Langa  (http://www.informationweek.com/windows/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=177102101)
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I would suggest installing a boot loader!\nyou can get info on creating a boot disk from site "http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Distribution/Download". \nHope this helps.
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try to boot it from safe mode and system scan
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The ultimate boot CD for Windows is AMAZING!!! Here's a link to it.: http://www.ubcd4win.com/index.htm\nAlso make sure that you follow all the directions when making it AND look at the forums for updates.
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I had a laptop die on me recently, so I removed the HDD and bought an enclosure that essentially converted it to an external HDD, which works via USB.\n\nIf you want to boot from a USB device, first thing you need to do is enter the computer's BIOS and configure the boot order to hit the USB first (however not all BIOS allow a boot from USB). Once that setting is changed, save and exit the BIOS and restart the computer with the USB device plugged in. The computer should then boot from the USB and run from that device.
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you can get bootdisk at www.bootdisk.com\nas for the rest, you might have it ( 98 ) allready on the computer in a reserve directory as some computer manufactuers save it on ther rather than giving you the disk
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You make sure the boot disk is in the cd drive.  After that, boot up your computer and press F8.  Select boot from disk in the options.
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Boot disk can have different files on them depending on what you want. There are many places on the internet that you can download a boot disk. I have many files on my home made boot disk that others may not want. Look at this site for free boot disk.
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Partition Magic might be able to do it from outside Windows. You can download a free trial version from a link on this page at PC World's website. http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,7324,00.asp
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Boot the PC using a WIn98 bootable disk. In the command prompt, goto the directory where the file is and delete the file using del commnad.
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In your CD writing software there should be a option to burn a bootable CD. The boot image should be on your windows xp CD.
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If you have a Windows 95 or 98 boot disk with fdisk on it, you can do a fdisk /mbr\n\nThis will erase what is on the MBR, which is where the boot loader usually resides.  Windows will then pick up from there and boot.  I would then read how to use Windows boot loader to have a menu to select which OS you want to boot in to.\n\nUbuntu is all the craze right now with the most support.  It is very user friendly, which includes auto detecting of a lot of hardware.
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I'm not sure this is what you are looking for but you can make a bootable version of Windows XP to install to a flash drive should your hard drive ever fail, read the tutorial from Tom's Hardware for more information, http://www.tomshardware.com/2005/09/09/windows_in_your_pocket/index.html
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Your best bet is to boot from floppy or CD and just repartition/reformat the hard drive.