| When you press the power button on your | | | | disk make a mental note of the files being |
| computer and it just sit there with none of those | | | | copied.This will give you added knowledge when |
| clicking and beeping sounds along with the monitor | | | | you will need to help in making their boot disk.To |
| still having that blank screen,you know that you're | | | | make a boot disk, perform the following. Place a |
| going to have a bad day. A computer that fails to | | | | blank formatted floppy disk in your floppy drive |
| boot can be one of the most pain staking things | | | | and go to My Computer in Windows XP.Click the |
| that can happen to a pc user.And in most cases, | | | | hard drive icon and on the toolbar, click Tools, |
| the user don't have a clue as to what procedures | | | | Folder Options, and then click the View Tab. And |
| they can take to get the PC up and running again. | | | | scroll down and check "Show hidden files and |
| When you do experience pc bootup failure, | | | | folders" and just below uncheck "Hide protected |
| always start your troubleshooting by checking the | | | | operating system files (recommended). Now we're |
| obvious.It the cord plugged into the wall outlet and | | | | getting a little slower. Take note of this process |
| is the other end securely plugged in the rear of | | | | and as you become more familiar with this task, |
| the system unit. In many cases the cause is a | | | | you'll be able to make a boot disk for others in no |
| corrupted startup file which prevent the computer | | | | time and help them save on down time. After |
| from going through the bootup from start to | | | | unchecking "Hide protected operating system files, |
| finish.In this case, an easy way to start your PC | | | | click OK.Some grayed out files will now be visible |
| is to have an emergency boot disk handy. A Boot | | | | in the drive window.These files are protected |
| Disk contain copies of critical files needed for | | | | system files. Now you're ready to select the |
| startup that you should have made earlier.To use | | | | boot, the NTDETECT, and the ntldr files.Now |
| the floppy disk, all you need do is to place it in the | | | | right-click, click Send To, and select Floppy ( A: |
| floppy drive and reboot the computer. As the | | | | ).When you have copied all files to the floppy, you |
| computer start the boot process, Windows will | | | | now have a Windows XP boot disk. You should |
| use the good files to get itself going.The Windows | | | | make two or more boot disks and place them in |
| XP boot disk will enable you to resolve a corrupt | | | | a safe place away from any type of magnetic or |
| Ntbootdd.sys driver, missing or corrupt Ntdr or | | | | static charges.Before putting them away don't |
| files. These files are used by Windows XP and are | | | | forget to label your life saving floppy disks. Should |
| crucial to its startup and configuration.The boot | | | | you be unfortunate enough to have to put one of |
| disk have also repair a damaged MBR or Master | | | | your boot floppies to use, remember to replace |
| Boot Record. The MBR is a small program | | | | the startup files on the hard drive with the ones |
| executed when the PC boots and resides on the | | | | on the floppy. If you overlook this critical step, |
| first sector of the hard driveIt looks up the | | | | you'll have the same boot up problem every |
| partition on the hard drive.You can create a MBR | | | | time.Take your time as you copy the files and be |
| with the FDISK /MBR coomand A damaged boot | | | | sure not to reverse the copy procedure. This is |
| sector can also be corrected with the boot | | | | why its important to make two or more boot |
| disk.Your Windows XP boot disk will be a life | | | | disks. This way should you have an accident with |
| saver when you have pc bootup failure and you | | | | one disk, so what, you paid attention here and |
| need that file for your next interview. A sector is | | | | made several copies. You've done it.You're now |
| the smallest unit that can be accessed on a | | | | armed with a repair tool should your XP computer |
| disk.When a disk is low level formatted, it will be | | | | fail to boot.All Windows 98, 2000, and Me users |
| divided tracks and sectors When making a boot | | | | also have the resources to create a book disk. |