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Aragorn · 18-10-2004, 10:13

If you have a 'new' empty un-formatted drive then you either need a bootable OS CD-rom or a bootable floppy.

If your XP floppies are 'corrupt' and you have another system you can create a new set of floppies from the following MS app -

XP Home - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...5-BD5AFEE126D8

XP Pro -
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...7-4FED408EA73F

These floppies should get to the point where the CD can be read.

HTH

18-10-2004, 10:13	#2
Aragorn Inactive Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Minas Tirith, Gondor Age: 61 Posts: 3,458	Re: disk boot failure ..insert system disk.......help If you have a 'new' empty un-formatted drive then you either need a bootable OS CD-rom or a bootable floppy. If your XP floppies are 'corrupt' and you have another system you can create a new set of floppies from the following MS app - XP Home - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...5-BD5AFEE126D8 XP Pro - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...7-4FED408EA73F These floppies should get to the point where the CD can be read. HTH