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Startup disk

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The startup disk contains the active system software loaded at system startup. It contains a set of basic utilities that can be used to fix multiple Windows startup errors.

Startup disks can be created on Windows 98/ME/XP systems and will cause your computer to start to a DOS prompt (command line).

A DOS startup disk can be made in Windows 98 by using the create startup disk button, present on the "Startup Disk" tab under Add/Remove Programs utility. An MS-DOS startup disk must have the invisible system files (IO.SYS and MSDOS.SYS) and a COMMAND.COM file.

You can also create the disk from the DOS command line.

  • cd Windows\command

  • bootdisk a:

 
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