| When you press the power button on your | | | | give you added knowledge when you will |
| computer and it just sitthere with none | | | | need tohelp in making their boot disk.To |
| of those clicking and beeping sounds | | | | make a boot disk, perform thefollowing. |
| along withthe monitor still having that | | | | Place a blank formatted floppy disk in |
| blank screen,you know that you'regoing | | | | your floppy drive and goto My Computer |
| to have a bad day. | | | | in Windows XP.Click the hard drive icon |
| A computer that fails to boot can be one | | | | and onthe toolbar, click Tools, Folder |
| of the most painstaking things that can | | | | Options, and then click the |
| happen to a pc user.And in most | | | | View Tab. |
| cases,the user don't have a clue as to | | | | And scroll down and check "Show hidden |
| what procedures they can taketo get the | | | | files and folders" andjust below uncheck |
| PC up and running again. | | | | "Hide protected operating system files |
| When you do experience pc bootup | | | | (recommended). Now we're getting a |
| failure, always start | | | | little slower. |
| yourtroubleshooting by checking the | | | | Take note of this process and as you |
| obvious.It the cord plugged intothe wall | | | | become more familiar withthis task, |
| outlet and is the other end securely | | | | you'll be able to make a boot disk for |
| plugged in therear of the system unit. | | | | others in notime and help them save on |
| In many cases the cause is a corrupted | | | | down time. |
| startup file whichprevent the computer | | | | After unchecking "Hide protected |
| from going through the bootup from start | | | | operating system files, click |
| tofinish.In this case, an easy way to | | | | OK.Some grayed out files will now be |
| start your PC is to have anemergency | | | | visible in the drivewindow.These files |
| boot disk handy. | | | | are protected system files. |
| A Boot Disk contain copies of critical | | | | Now you're ready to select the boot, the |
| files needed for startupthat you should | | | | NTDETECT, and the ntldrfiles.Now |
| have made earlier.To use the floppy | | | | right-click, click Send To, and select |
| disk, allyou need do is to place it in | | | | Floppy ( A: |
| the floppy drive and reboot thecomputer. | | | | ).When you have copied all files to the |
| As the computer start the boot process, | | | | floppy, you now have a |
| Windows will use thegood files to get | | | | Windows XP boot disk. |
| itself going.The Windows XP boot disk | | | | You should make two or more boot disks |
| willenable you to resolve a corrupt | | | | and place them in a safeplace away from |
| Ntbootdd.sys driver, missing orcorrupt | | | | any type of magnetic or static |
| Ntdr or files. | | | | charges.Beforeputting them away don't |
| These files are used by Windows XP and | | | | forget to label your life saving |
| are crucial to itsstartup and | | | | floppydisks. |
| configuration.The boot disk have also | | | | Should you be unfortunate enough to have |
| repair adamaged MBR or Master Boot | | | | to put one of your bootfloppies to use, |
| Record. | | | | remember to replace the startup files on |
| The MBR is a small program executed when | | | | thehard drive with the ones on the |
| the PC boots andresides on the first | | | | floppy. |
| sector of the hard driveIt looks up | | | | If you overlook this critical step, |
| thepartition on the hard drive.You can | | | | you'll have the same bootup problem |
| create a MBR with the FDISK | | | | every time.Take your time as you copy |
| /MBR coomand | | | | the files andbe sure not to reverse the |
| A damaged boot sector can also be | | | | copy procedure. |
| corrected with the bootdisk.Your Windows | | | | This is why its important to make two or |
| XP boot disk will be a life saver when | | | | more boot disks. Thisway should you have |
| youhave pc bootup failure and you need | | | | an accident with one disk, so what, you |
| that file for your nextinterview. | | | | paidattention here and made several |
| A sector is the smallest unit that can | | | | copies. |
| be accessed on adisk.When a disk is low | | | | You've done it.You're now armed with a |
| level formatted, it will be | | | | repair tool should your |
| dividedtracks and sectors | | | | XP computer fail to boot.All Windows 98, |
| When making a boot disk make a mental | | | | 2000, and Me users alsohave the |
| note of the files beingcopied.This will | | | | resources to create a book disk. |