Obtaining Windows XP Setup Boot Disks
It’s unlikely you’d
want to install Windows XP on a computer that didn’t support booting
from the CD-ROM, but I still keep a set of XP Setup Boot Disks just
in case they are needed. Besides, my coffee cup is large enough that
it feels much more at home on AOL CD’s and I have enough of them to
last well into 2006.
Windows XP Setup boot
disks are available only by download from Microsoft. The Setup boot
disks are available so that you can run Setup on computers that do
not support a bootable CD-ROM.
There are six Windows
XP Setup boot floppy disks. These disks contain the files and
drivers that are required to access the CD-ROM drive and begin the
Setup process.
To obtain the disks:
Obtaining Windows XP Setup Boot Disks (Q310994)
Windows® XP Home Edition Utility Setup Disks for Floppy Boot
Install
Windows® XP Professional Utility Setup Disks for Floppy Boot
Install
Note:
XP Home and Professional versions of setup disk sets are not
interchangable.
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