If your PC does not support booting from a CD, or you prefer to use a floppy disk, this package will enable you to automatically load the correct drivers to gain access to the CD-ROM drive and start a new installation of XP. Windows XP Home and Professional. To create a setup boot disk for Windows XP, download the setup boot disk utility available in article at the Microsoft Help and Support web site. This article also includes instructions on how to use the utility.
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Microsoft's developed multimedia applications have been updated and added more to the operating system, such as a new version of Windows Media Player, Windows Photo Viewer, and Movie Maker. Requirements include a working CD drive even though you cannot boot from it , a floppy drive to which you have unrestricted access and can be set as the first boot device and six blank, formatted disks.
Windows XP Home Startup Disk relies on a rather time consuming routine that includes extracting and copying the files on all six disks. User attention is required, because the process is interactive. Once a disk is full, you are prompted to insert another one, until all the data is transferred onto the devices.
You may want to label the disks, since they need to be inserted in the correct order during the setup process. When all six disks are done, set the floppy drive as the first boot device, insert the first disk and restart the computer.
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