How in the hell does one make a boot disk for XP??

January 17th, 2002

I'm trying to update my bios to rid myself of some blue screens, however I cannot seem to make a bootable floppy!! I've used the make an ms-dos boot disk option in the format menu, however every time I try to boot from it, the system indicates that there is a disk I/O error?!? anyone else had this or have an idea how to solve this error? I'm getting about 8 bsod's a day and I think this bios update might fix the lion's share of that. Thanks much

January 17th, 2002

whoa. 8 BSODs a day.

That's quite unusual for Windows XP.

Sorry to hear you're getting that...Might wanna go back to the old OS...

But I don't know the solution, so sorry

**Electronic Punk** · January 17th, 2002

Try http://www.bootdisk.com

And using a different floppy disk

Otherwise it is a problem with the floppy boot disk drive itself!

**Lonman** · January 17th, 2002

If you're getting persistent I/O errors, the disks are either bad, or your drive is eating them.

January 17th, 2002

well I figured out in the end that it was a bad floppy cable. However the bsod problem still unfortunately remains after the bios flash. I had three BSOD's in the span of 40 minutes, one IRQ_NOT_LESS_THAN, one that just stated that my computer had had a problem and needed to be rebooted, and another that indicated that there was a Page Fault in a nonpaged area. The last two are new to me, anyone have any ideas on those? Thanks for the input!

**Lonman** · January 17th, 2002

If you're getting "STOP: 0x...." codes, you can go to the M'Soft Knowledge Base and type them in the search box.

Do you have mismatched memory sticks? Without knowing the codes, it's hard to advise you on the problem.

**Qumahlin** · January 17th, 2002

You also might try switching out your other cables since you said your floppy cable was bad, and you also might consider moving the slot that your soundcard and other cards are in (like more the sound board away from vid board and such), and if all else fails ya might wanna do a clean install

January 18th, 2002

well here is what the event viewer was telling me every time it dumps:
The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck. The bugcheck was: 0x0000000a (0x00000004, 0x00000002, 0x00000000, 0x804f1a9e). A dump was saved in: C:\WINDOWS\Minidump\Mini011802-02.dmp.

Memory is the same, 2 sticks from crucial ordered same time.

**Lonman** · January 18th, 2002

Go to the link I provided earlier and paste the 0x0000000a code in the search box, it came back with 25 articles for me.

January 19th, 2002

thanks, checked out the results for msknowledge base, but all were concerning problems w/ win NT

January 19th, 2002

There is a way tp make a boot floppy in Windows XP.
Insert a floppy in the drive and from My Computer right click the drive, select format, when the dialog appears under Format Options, check the box to make a DOS bootable disk. \
Hope it helps.

January 19th, 2002

This little program will make a bootdisk
for '98, ME, 2000 & XP.

Depending on what CD you have in your CD-Rom drive.

the adres is:

http://www.pchelplive.com/index.php

January 19th, 2002

Technically Win XP is a Win NT enviroment NUTz. The difference is com+ vers DOS...

My suggestion....

Save all your data. Wipe the HD then reflash the BIOS (Just to be safe) Do a clean install. Also you could try pulling all but your video card b4 install. Then after install put in one card at a time sometimes a equipment failure causes a OS to go insane. Even take out 1 memory chip.

Originally posted by Druce
my big book of kool XP information says:

A kernel-mode process or driver attempted to access a memory location without authorization. This Stop error is typically caused by faulty or incompatible hardware or software. The name of the offending device driver often appears in the Stop message and can provide an important clue to solving the problem. If the error message points to a specific device or category of devices, try removing or replacing devices in that category. If this Stop message appears during Setup, suspect an incompatible driver, system service, virus scanner, or backup program.

Question: Has this system been used with a different OS b4? Or is this a brand new comp?

January 17th, 2002	Top \| #1
Nuts Unregistered Posts: n/a	How in the hell does one make a boot disk for XP?? I'm trying to update my bios to rid myself of some blue screens, however I cannot seem to make a bootable floppy!! I've used the make an ms-dos boot disk option in the format menu, however every time I try to boot from it, the system indicates that there is a disk I/O error?!? anyone else had this or have an idea how to solve this error? I'm getting about 8 bsod's a day and I think this bios update might fix the lion's share of that. Thanks much

January 19th, 2002	Top \| #12
avatar Unregistered Posts: n/a	All OS bootdisk !! This little program will make a bootdisk for '98, ME, 2000 & XP. Depending on what CD you have in your CD-Rom drive. the adres is: http://www.pchelplive.com/index.php

January 19th, 2002	Top \| #13
KLoWn Unregistered Posts: n/a	Technically Win XP is a Win NT enviroment NUTz. The difference is com+ vers DOS... My suggestion.... Save all your data. Wipe the HD then reflash the BIOS (Just to be safe) Do a clean install. Also you could try pulling all but your video card b4 install. Then after install put in one card at a time sometimes a equipment failure causes a OS to go insane. Even take out 1 memory chip. Originally posted by Druce my big book of kool XP information says: A kernel-mode process or driver attempted to access a memory location without authorization. This Stop error is typically caused by faulty or incompatible hardware or software. The name of the offending device driver often appears in the Stop message and can provide an important clue to solving the problem. If the error message points to a specific device or category of devices, try removing or replacing devices in that category. If this Stop message appears during Setup, suspect an incompatible driver, system service, virus scanner, or backup program. Question: Has this system been used with a different OS b4? Or is this a brand new comp?

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January 17th, 2002	Top \| #2
existenz Unregistered Posts: n/a	whoa. 8 BSODs a day. That's quite unusual for Windows XP. Sorry to hear you're getting that...Might wanna go back to the old OS... But I don't know the solution, so sorry

January 17th, 2002	Top \| #3
Electronic Punk The Last High Joined: December 2001 Location: London Posts: 18,510 Blog Entries: 51 Reputation: 3652 Power: 349	Try http://www.bootdisk.com And using a different floppy disk Otherwise it is a problem with the floppy boot disk drive itself!

January 17th, 2002	Top \| #4
Lonman Bleh! Joined: December 2001 Posts: 2,642 Reputation: 60 Power: 154	If you're getting persistent I/O errors, the disks are either bad, or your drive is eating them.

January 17th, 2002	Top \| #5
Nuts Unregistered Posts: n/a	well I figured out in the end that it was a bad floppy cable. However the bsod problem still unfortunately remains after the bios flash. I had three BSOD's in the span of 40 minutes, one IRQ_NOT_LESS_THAN, one that just stated that my computer had had a problem and needed to be rebooted, and another that indicated that there was a Page Fault in a nonpaged area. The last two are new to me, anyone have any ideas on those? Thanks for the input!

January 17th, 2002	Top \| #6
Lonman Bleh! Joined: December 2001 Posts: 2,642 Reputation: 60 Power: 154	If you're getting "STOP: 0x...." codes, you can go to the M'Soft Knowledge Base and type them in the search box. Do you have mismatched memory sticks? Without knowing the codes, it's hard to advise you on the problem.

January 17th, 2002	Top \| #7
Qumahlin OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: December 2001 Posts: 2,006 Reputation: 0 Power: 148	You also might try switching out your other cables since you said your floppy cable was bad, and you also might consider moving the slot that your soundcard and other cards are in (like more the sound board away from vid board and such), and if all else fails ya might wanna do a clean install

January 18th, 2002	Top \| #8
Nuts Unregistered Posts: n/a	well here is what the event viewer was telling me every time it dumps: The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck. The bugcheck was: 0x0000000a (0x00000004, 0x00000002, 0x00000000, 0x804f1a9e). A dump was saved in: C:\WINDOWS\Minidump\Mini011802-02.dmp. Memory is the same, 2 sticks from crucial ordered same time.

January 18th, 2002	Top \| #9
Lonman Bleh! Joined: December 2001 Posts: 2,642 Reputation: 60 Power: 154	Go to the link I provided earlier and paste the 0x0000000a code in the search box, it came back with 25 articles for me.

January 19th, 2002	Top \| #10
Nuts Unregistered Posts: n/a	thanks, checked out the results for msknowledge base, but all were concerning problems w/ win NT

January 19th, 2002	Top \| #11
polack28 Unregistered Posts: n/a	There is a way tp make a boot floppy in Windows XP. Insert a floppy in the drive and from My Computer right click the drive, select format, when the dialog appears under Format Options, check the box to make a DOS bootable disk. \ Hope it helps.