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Obtaining Windows XP Setup Boot
Disks
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article:
310994 - Windows XP Setup boot
disks are available only by download
from Microsoft. The Setup boot
disks are available so that you
can run Setup on computers that
do not support a bootable CD-ROM.
How to Create
an MS-DOS Network Startup Disk
in Windows 2000 and Windows XP
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article:
252448 - Windows 2000 and Windows
XP do not contain an equivalent
to the the Network Client Administrator
tool that is included with Microsoft
Windows NT Server 4.0. The Network
Client Administrator tool is used
to create a MS-DOS network startup
disk.
Windows
XP Home Edition Setup Disk Program
File (English)
The Windows XP startup disk allows
computers without a bootable CD-ROM
to perform a new installation
of the operating system. The Windows
XP startup disk will automatically
load the correct drivers to gain
access to the CD-ROM drive and
start a new installation of Setup.
You cannot upgrade from a Windows
XP startup disk. Windows XP Home
Edition startup disks will not
work for Windows XP Professional
installations and vice-versa |