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echo: win32
to: JEFF GUERDAT
from: DALE ROSS
date: 1998-01-26 22:43:00
subject: bootable floppy

FT>>How can make a windowsNT 4.0 bootable disk..?
JG> What kind of disk?  If floppy, simply format the disk from NT and copy 
JG> NTLDR,
JG> NTDETECT.COM and BOOT.INI from C:\.  This will allow the system to boot 
JG> from
JG> the floppy and then transfer control to the NT system partition on the 
hard
JG> drive.  There's no way to actually boot to NT from a floppy since there's
JG> *WAY* more than 1.4MB that would need to be copied.
I can not understand why people keep pointing this out. As you state, it 
doesn't actually boot Windows NT. That happens on the HD.
Dale
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