Create Boot Disks



To create a set of Setup boot disks for Windows 2000, run the Makeboot.exe tool from the Bootdisk folder on the Windows 2000 CD-ROM:

1. 
   Insert the Windows 2000 CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive.
   



2. 
   Click
   
   Start
   
   , and then click
   
   Run
   
   .
   



3. 
   In the
   
   Open
   
   box, type
   
   drive
   
   :\bootdisk\makeboot a:
   
   , where
   
   drive
   
   is the letter of your CD-ROM drive, and then press ENTER.
   

NOTES

• 
  You do not have to be running Windows 2000 to create the Setup Boot disks. A directory called \Bootdisk resides in the root of the Windows 2000 Setup CD. This directory contains two utilities capable of generating the 4 Setup Boot floppies. If you are booted into Windows 9x you will need to run the 32-bit version of this utility called makebt32.exe. If you are in DOS, or booted with a Windows 98 Startup Floppy that has access to the CDROM, you can use the 16-bit version called makeboot.exe.
  



• 
  Disks created from the Windows 2000 Professional CD cannot be used with Windows 2000 Server; the reverse combination also does not work.
  



• 
  Before deciding that a computer must be started from a CD or floppy disks, you should first try starting in safe mode on that computer.
  



• 
  After starting a disabled computer from floppy disks, you can then use the Recovery Console or the Emergency Repair Disk (if you have prepared one).