Creating a Boot Diskette in Windows XP

• 1). Insert a blank diskette into the "A:" drive.
  
  
• 2). Double-click the "My Computer" icon from the desktop.
  
  
• 3). Right-click the "A:" drive from the list of drives. Select the "Format" option from the drop-down menu.
  
  
• 4). Check the "Create an MS-DOS Start-up Disk" box in the "Format" menu and press "Start."
  
  

Creating a Boot Diskette in Windows 2000

• 1). Load Windows and insert the Windows 2000 CD into the CD-ROM drive.
  
  
• 2). Double-click the "My Computer" icon from the desktop.
  
  
• 3). Double-click the icon representing the CD drive in the "My Computer" directory.
  
  
• 4). Locate the folder named "BOOTDISK" on the Windows 2000 CD.
  
  
• 5). Double-click the "makeboot.exe" program and choose "OK" to launch the boot diskette maker.
  
  
• 6). Follow the instructions from the Makeboot application. You will be prompted to insert a total of four diskettes during the course of the program.