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