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Win2000 - Boot Floppy ERD (Emergency Repair Disk):

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To create an Emergency Repair Disk

1. Open Backup.
2. On the Tools menu, click Create an Emergency Repair Disk.
3. Follow the instructions that appear on your screen.

• To start Backup, click Start, point to Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools, and then click Backup.
• Choosing Also back up the registry to the repair directory will save your current registry files in a folder within your systemroot/repair folder. This is useful if you need to recover your system in the event your hard disk has failed.

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To create setup disks

1. Insert a blank, formatted, 3.5-inch, 1.44-MB disk into the floppy disk drive.
2. Insert the Windows 2000 CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive.
3. Click Start, and then click Run.
4. In the Open box, type d:\bootdisk\makeboot a: (where d: is the drive letter assigned to your CD-ROM drive), and then click OK.
5. Follow the screen prompts.

Important

• You will need four blank, formatted, 3.5-inch, 1.44-MB floppy disks. Label them Setup Disk One, Setup Disk Two, Setup Disk Three, and Setup Disk Four.

Note

• You can create the setup disks from a computer running any version of Windows or MS-DOS.

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