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Old August 10th, 2002 Top | #1
 
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Post Creating a bootable zip-disk

I have a 250 mb Iomega zip-drive, and wondered if anyone know how to make a ms-dos zip-bootdisk? I hate those pesky 3,5" diskettes, would have been great if anyone have a tip on creating one in XP!
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Was going to say Norton™ Zip® Rescue™ you can get for free from http://www.iomega.com/software/nzr.html but it is for 95/98.
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Yes, and it also seems to be using its own GUI, need to make a standard dos boot-disk only on a zip-disk...grr
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Couldn't you take the same exact files, from a MS-DOS bootup floppy disk, and transfer them to the zip disk? Make sure your BIOS is set to bootup from the zip drive.
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The norton boots from a floppy and that will take you to the zip. Not sure if that is the same Norton™ Zip® Rescue that you get from Norton or not. But if it is you can boot to safe mode and or windows. It is a long boot time but it lets you get to things.
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If you figure it out, let me know please.
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