Tutorial Objective
In this tutorial,
it will guide the user on how he/she is able to make a bootable floppy disc
that can boot into Windows.
Tutorial
Introduction & Background & Facts
Many people are
able to boot into an Operating System without any problems. But in one day,
what if the boot files that include NTLDR, Boot.ini, and Ntdetect.com[/] file
are corrupted due to virus infected, you are not able to boot into the OS. You
will end up with reinstalling and repairing the OS in order to be able to boot
into the OS again. Doing so will take you a lot of time. Therefore, in this
tutorial, it will teach the user how to make the bootable floppy disc that can
boot into Windows. So, when the user encounter the OS booting in the future due
to boot files corruption, they are still able to boot into the OS and repair
the OS bootup in less than a minute.
Pre-requites
Tools
* A blank floppy
disc
* A PC with
running Windows 2000 series, Windows XP series, or 2003 series
Terminology &
Explanation
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Implementation
This tutorial and
its procedure will guide the user on how he/she make the bootable floppy disc
that can boot into Windows so that he/she is able to boot into Windows
eventhough the Windows bootup is corrupted. All you have to do,
1-1) Go to [i]My
Computer
1-2) Make sure
that you unhide hidden system file in order for you to see the OS boot file
If you know how
to unhide the hidden system, you can skip the following procedures to procedure
# 2-1. Otherwise continue on with the following procedure.
1-3) Go to Tools
menu, and choose Folder Options...
1-4) Go to the
View tab
1-5) Under the
Hidden files and folders, choose the option that says, "Show hidden files
and folders"
1-6) Uncheck the
checkbox that says, "Hide extensions for known file types"
1-7) Uncheck the
checkbox that says, "Hide protected operating system files
(Recommended)"
When the message
box appears on the screen, just click the OK button to continue.
1-8 ) Click the
OK button to continue
Now you should be
able to see all the hidden files and the hidden system files.
2-1) Insert the
blank floppy disc into the floppy drive
In order to be
able to make the bootable floppy disc, you will have to first format it.
2-2) Go to
Command Prompt (In Windows mode, that means Start -> Run -> cmd)
2-3) Change to A
Drive (Floppy Drive) by typing the following in the Command Prompt and hit
[Enter] key:
CODE
a:
2-4) After you
change to A Drive in Command Prompt, format the floppy disc by typing the
following in the Command Prompt and then press [Enter] key and follow the
prompt:
CODE
format a:
Now the
formatting floppy disc begins. When the formatting process completed,
2-5) Go back to
My Computer
2-6) Go to the
primary partition of the primary HDD (that means C Drive)
2-7) Copy all the
following files from C Drive into A Drive (Floppy drive)
NTLDR
Boot.ini
Ntdetect.com
NTLDR, Boot.ini,
and Ntdetect.com file are the boot files that are required to boot into the OS.
Once you copied
those boot files into the A Drive (Floppy Drive), you just created the bootable
floppy disc that can boot into Windows. Now you will have to verify it to see
if booting from floppy disc works. Before you do that, it is recommended that
you take the floppy disc out and set it to write-protected; therefore, your
floppy disc is set to read-only. Doing that can prevent that any virus goes
onto the floppy disc. After you do that, put that floppy back in.
3-1) Reboot the
PC and enter the mobo BIOS setting
3-2) Verify the
Boot Sequence to make sure that the Floppy Drive is set to first boot.
3-3) Save and
exit the BIOS setting to reboot the system.
Once the system
reboots, after the POST process, the system will boot from the floppy drive. If
the system is able to boot from the floppy disc and enter to Windows, that
means your bootable floppy disc for booting into Windows is working. Be sure
that you label the floppy disc and put it in the safe place just for in case of
that you need that to troubleshoot the Windows bootup in the future.
Benefical
* So that the
user can enjoy the new method for troubleshooting the Windows bootup
* The user is
able to boot into the OS by using that bootable floppy disc in case of that the
Windows cannot bootup anymore due to the NTLDR is missing or corrupted error
message.
* Users can spend
their less time to troubleshoot and repair the Windows bootup. To repair the
Windows bootup, boot from that bootable floppy drive, and then go to the C
Drive (Active Partition from primary partition of primary HDD from My Computer
applet. Then copy all bootup files from Floppy Disc into C Drive.
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Information
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