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Creating a Boot Floppy
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Formatting the Floppy
When the Format window appears choose
the Copy system files only option. Be sure to have a floppy disk
in the drive before you start the process, including trying to right-click
on the A drive in Explorer.
Figure 65: Format A: (floppy) drive with Systems Files
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We can type Format a:/s
at the run command, by going to the Start button, then choosing “Run”
and typing in the command. Figure 66
will appear.
Figure 66: Formatting Drive A
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The next method is similar.
We type in Format a:/s at a MS-DOS prompt, which then gives us a pop
up screen with the MS-DOS prompt.
Figure 67: Formatting a system disk at the MS-DOS prompt
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 System Disk
format (insert drive letter): /S = drive format + systems files
Use SYS.com (insert drive letter): to transfer systems files to a disk which has already been formatted. You don’t need to explicitly use SYS on a newly-formatted disk if you have already formatted it with the /S, since the /S option on format automatically runs SYS.
Create a formatted system disk by right clicking on the Drive in Windows Explorer. From the Control Panel Select Add/Remove Programs, Startup Disk. From My Computer right click on the Drive to format
Note: Transferring system files is always optional
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Practice creating a boot floppy
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