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Create boot-up disk

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Flightless Bird
Windows XP SP3

Most things you want to do you are asked to bootup from your Windows XP
installation CD. I have tried to use OEM WinXP recovery CD, an streamed
WinXP SP2 and somebody else's Win XP SP3 disk and in all cases I get the
warning that "... the files in my computer are later version than the CD's.

How can I produce a bootup disk from my computer with Windows XP SP3 and the
lastest updates?
 
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Pegasus [MVP]

Flightless Bird
"tatar" <afe@ersoy.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Windows XP SP3
>
> Most things you want to do you are asked to bootup from your Windows XP
> installation CD. I have tried to use OEM WinXP recovery CD, an streamed
> WinXP SP2 and somebody else's Win XP SP3 disk and in all cases I get the
> warning that "... the files in my computer are later version than the
> CD's.
>
> How can I produce a bootup disk from my computer with Windows XP SP3 and
> the lastest updates?
>

"Most things" sounds great but would you care to give us an example that
requires a WinXP boot CD?
 
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tatar

Flightless Bird
Yes, I want to fix my MBR error 3 and also to create Recovery console.

"Pegasus [MVP]" <news@microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>
>
> "tatar" <afe@ersoy.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:uhxaK33yKHA.4752@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Windows XP SP3
>>
>> Most things you want to do you are asked to bootup from your Windows XP
>> installation CD. I have tried to use OEM WinXP recovery CD, an streamed
>> WinXP SP2 and somebody else's Win XP SP3 disk and in all cases I get the
>> warning that "... the files in my computer are later version than the
>> CD's.
>>
>> How can I produce a bootup disk from my computer with Windows XP SP3 and
>> the lastest updates?
>>
>
> "Most things" sounds great but would you care to give us an example that
> requires a WinXP boot CD?
 
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Flightless Bird
Also to start from the CD if computer fails to start from HDD. My OEM CD
will recover it to its original condition with all data lost.

"Pegasus [MVP]" <news@microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>
>
> "tatar" <afe@ersoy.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:uhxaK33yKHA.4752@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Windows XP SP3
>>
>> Most things you want to do you are asked to bootup from your Windows XP
>> installation CD. I have tried to use OEM WinXP recovery CD, an streamed
>> WinXP SP2 and somebody else's Win XP SP3 disk and in all cases I get the
>> warning that "... the files in my computer are later version than the
>> CD's.
>>
>> How can I produce a bootup disk from my computer with Windows XP SP3 and
>> the lastest updates?
>>
>
> "Most things" sounds great but would you care to give us an example that
> requires a WinXP boot CD?
 
P

Pegasus [MVP]

Flightless Bird
To boot into the Windows Recovery Console, boot the machine with your WinXP
installation CD.

What program reports "MBR Error 3"? What program do you want to use to fix
it?

"tatar" <afe@ersoy.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Yes, I want to fix my MBR error 3 and also to create Recovery console.
>
> "Pegasus [MVP]" <news@microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:ulE7A63yKHA.5288@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>
>>
>> "tatar" <afe@ersoy.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:uhxaK33yKHA.4752@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> Windows XP SP3
>>>
>>> Most things you want to do you are asked to bootup from your Windows XP
>>> installation CD. I have tried to use OEM WinXP recovery CD, an streamed
>>> WinXP SP2 and somebody else's Win XP SP3 disk and in all cases I get the
>>> warning that "... the files in my computer are later version than the
>>> CD's.
>>>
>>> How can I produce a bootup disk from my computer with Windows XP SP3 and
>>> the lastest updates?
>>>
>>
>> "Most things" sounds great but would you care to give us an example that
>> requires a WinXP boot CD?
>
>
 
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tatar

Flightless Bird
I intend to use fixmbr. Complications are that my original setup was a
single HDD. I added a second one and partitioned the first one into C:System
and D:Data. Second HDD partitioned into E:page File and F:-Office programs.
My OEM installation disk is not aware of the changes and in Recovery console
list D: as an empty Page file. I do not know what will happen if I run
fixmbr with my OEM CD.


"Pegasus [MVP]" <news@microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:e7KNDL4yKHA.244@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> To boot into the Windows Recovery Console, boot the machine with your
> WinXP installation CD.
>
> What program reports "MBR Error 3"? What program do you want to use to fix
> it?
>
> "tatar" <afe@ersoy.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:-O0Jh1G4yKHA.2436@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Yes, I want to fix my MBR error 3 and also to create Recovery console.
>>
>> "Pegasus [MVP]" <news@microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:ulE7A63yKHA.5288@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>
>>>
>>> "tatar" <afe@ersoy.co.uk> wrote in message
>>> news:uhxaK33yKHA.4752@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>> Windows XP SP3
>>>>
>>>> Most things you want to do you are asked to bootup from your Windows XP
>>>> installation CD. I have tried to use OEM WinXP recovery CD, an streamed
>>>> WinXP SP2 and somebody else's Win XP SP3 disk and in all cases I get
>>>> the warning that "... the files in my computer are later version than
>>>> the CD's.
>>>>
>>>> How can I produce a bootup disk from my computer with Windows XP SP3
>>>> and the lastest updates?
>>>>
>>>
>>> "Most things" sounds great but would you care to give us an example that
>>> requires a WinXP boot CD?
>>
>>
 
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Mark Adams

Flightless Bird
"tatar" wrote:

> Yes, I want to fix my MBR error 3 and also to create Recovery console.
>

Put your XP CD in the drive and reboot the machine. Enter the BIOS and set
it to boot from CD first. Exit the BIOS and allow the machine to continue.
When you see "Press any key to boot from CD" press any key. Follow the
instructions in "Option 2" here:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314058

The Windows XP CD is already bootable and it includes Recovery Console.

> "Pegasus [MVP]" <news@microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:ulE7A63yKHA.5288@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> >
> >
> > "tatar" <afe@ersoy.co.uk> wrote in message
> > news:uhxaK33yKHA.4752@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> >> Windows XP SP3
> >>
> >> Most things you want to do you are asked to bootup from your Windows XP
> >> installation CD. I have tried to use OEM WinXP recovery CD, an streamed
> >> WinXP SP2 and somebody else's Win XP SP3 disk and in all cases I get the
> >> warning that "... the files in my computer are later version than the
> >> CD's.
> >>
> >> How can I produce a bootup disk from my computer with Windows XP SP3 and
> >> the lastest updates?
> >>
> >
> > "Most things" sounds great but would you care to give us an example that
> > requires a WinXP boot CD?
>
>
> .
>
 
M

Mark Adams

Flightless Bird
"tatar" wrote:

> Also to start from the CD if computer fails to start from HDD. My OEM CD
> will recover it to its original condition with all data lost.
>

Then your OEM CD is a "recovery disk" and not a Windows XP "install disk".
Borrow an unbranded OEM or an upgrade or full retail install CD at any
service pack level. Any of these should allow you to boot to Recovery Console
in order to fix the master boot record.

> "Pegasus [MVP]" <news@microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:ulE7A63yKHA.5288@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> >
> >
> > "tatar" <afe@ersoy.co.uk> wrote in message
> > news:uhxaK33yKHA.4752@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> >> Windows XP SP3
> >>
> >> Most things you want to do you are asked to bootup from your Windows XP
> >> installation CD. I have tried to use OEM WinXP recovery CD, an streamed
> >> WinXP SP2 and somebody else's Win XP SP3 disk and in all cases I get the
> >> warning that "... the files in my computer are later version than the
> >> CD's.
> >>
> >> How can I produce a bootup disk from my computer with Windows XP SP3 and
> >> the lastest updates?
> >>
> >
> > "Most things" sounds great but would you care to give us an example that
> > requires a WinXP boot CD?
>
>
> .
>
 
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dadiOH

Flightless Bird
tatar wrote:
> Also to start from the CD if computer fails to start from HDD. My OEM
> CD will recover it to its original condition with all data lost.

The files needed for that are the same ones that are on a boot floppy. You
can take them from one and use a capable CD burner program to make a boot
CD. You can also add other files/programs to the basic floppy ones if you
want other utilities available. Using a boot CD - or boot floppy - doesn't
get you into Windows, of course.

You could also use a Linux "live" CD (one that runs Linux from the CD).

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Pegasus [MVP]

Flightless Bird
Installation CDs are never aware of your partitioning scheme. They are all
the same (ignoring differences such as OEM/Retail which are irrelevant
here). Just boot into the Recovery Console, using your original WinXP
installation CD, and run the fixmbr command. You do not need any special
boot CD.

"tatar" <afe@ersoy.co.uk> wrote in message
news:uZmV$a4yKHA.928@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> I intend to use fixmbr. Complications are that my original setup was a
> single HDD. I added a second one and partitioned the first one into
> C:System and D:Data. Second HDD partitioned into E:page File and F:-Office
> programs.
> My OEM installation disk is not aware of the changes and in Recovery
> console list D: as an empty Page file. I do not know what will happen if I
> run fixmbr with my OEM CD.
>
>
> "Pegasus [MVP]" <news@microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:e7KNDL4yKHA.244@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> To boot into the Windows Recovery Console, boot the machine with your
>> WinXP installation CD.
>>
>> What program reports "MBR Error 3"? What program do you want to use to
>> fix it?
>>
>> "tatar" <afe@ersoy.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:-O0Jh1G4yKHA.2436@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> Yes, I want to fix my MBR error 3 and also to create Recovery console.
>>>
>>> "Pegasus [MVP]" <news@microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:ulE7A63yKHA.5288@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "tatar" <afe@ersoy.co.uk> wrote in message
>>>> news:uhxaK33yKHA.4752@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>>> Windows XP SP3
>>>>>
>>>>> Most things you want to do you are asked to bootup from your Windows
>>>>> XP installation CD. I have tried to use OEM WinXP recovery CD, an
>>>>> streamed WinXP SP2 and somebody else's Win XP SP3 disk and in all
>>>>> cases I get the warning that "... the files in my computer are later
>>>>> version than the CD's.
>>>>>
>>>>> How can I produce a bootup disk from my computer with Windows XP SP3
>>>>> and the lastest updates?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Most things" sounds great but would you care to give us an example
>>>> that requires a WinXP boot CD?
>>>
>>>
>
>
 
T

tatar

Flightless Bird
Thanks. I shall backup system disk and carry out fixmbr.

"Pegasus [MVP]" <news@microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:eO$rCi5yKHA.5132@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Installation CDs are never aware of your partitioning scheme. They are all
> the same (ignoring differences such as OEM/Retail which are irrelevant
> here). Just boot into the Recovery Console, using your original WinXP
> installation CD, and run the fixmbr command. You do not need any special
> boot CD.
>
> "tatar" <afe@ersoy.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:uZmV$a4yKHA.928@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> I intend to use fixmbr. Complications are that my original setup was a
>> single HDD. I added a second one and partitioned the first one into
>> C:System and D:Data. Second HDD partitioned into E:page File and F:-Office
>> programs.
>> My OEM installation disk is not aware of the changes and in Recovery
>> console list D: as an empty Page file. I do not know what will happen if
>> I run fixmbr with my OEM CD.
>>
>>
>> "Pegasus [MVP]" <news@microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:e7KNDL4yKHA.244@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>> To boot into the Windows Recovery Console, boot the machine with your
>>> WinXP installation CD.
>>>
>>> What program reports "MBR Error 3"? What program do you want to use to
>>> fix it?
>>>
>>> "tatar" <afe@ersoy.co.uk> wrote in message
>>> news:-O0Jh1G4yKHA.2436@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>> Yes, I want to fix my MBR error 3 and also to create Recovery console.
>>>>
>>>> "Pegasus [MVP]" <news@microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:ulE7A63yKHA.5288@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "tatar" <afe@ersoy.co.uk> wrote in message
>>>>> news:uhxaK33yKHA.4752@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>>>> Windows XP SP3
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Most things you want to do you are asked to bootup from your Windows
>>>>>> XP installation CD. I have tried to use OEM WinXP recovery CD, an
>>>>>> streamed WinXP SP2 and somebody else's Win XP SP3 disk and in all
>>>>>> cases I get the warning that "... the files in my computer are later
>>>>>> version than the CD's.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> How can I produce a bootup disk from my computer with Windows XP SP3
>>>>>> and the lastest updates?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Most things" sounds great but would you care to give us an example
>>>>> that requires a WinXP boot CD?
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>
 
P

Pegasus [MVP]

Flightless Bird
There is a much easier way. It goes like this:
1. Format a floppy disk on a WinXP or Win2000 machine.
2. Copy the following files to it:
ntldr
ntdetect.com
boot.ini
3. Boot the machine with this floppy disk (or burn a bootable CD from it)

If it works then you know that you can boot up your system, regardless of
what commands you run to fix or modify the boot environment on your hard
disk(s).


"tatar" <afe@ersoy.co.uk> wrote in message
news:-O8bc9o5yKHA.4752@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Thanks. I shall backup system disk and carry out fixmbr.
>
> "Pegasus [MVP]" <news@microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:eO$rCi5yKHA.5132@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> Installation CDs are never aware of your partitioning scheme. They are
>> all the same (ignoring differences such as OEM/Retail which are
>> irrelevant here). Just boot into the Recovery Console, using your
>> original WinXP installation CD, and run the fixmbr command. You do not
>> need any special boot CD.
>>
>> "tatar" <afe@ersoy.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:uZmV$a4yKHA.928@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>> I intend to use fixmbr. Complications are that my original setup was a
>>> single HDD. I added a second one and partitioned the first one into
>>> C:System and D:Data. Second HDD partitioned into E:page File and
>>> F:-Office programs.
>>> My OEM installation disk is not aware of the changes and in Recovery
>>> console list D: as an empty Page file. I do not know what will happen if
>>> I run fixmbr with my OEM CD.
>>>
>>>
>>> "Pegasus [MVP]" <news@microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:e7KNDL4yKHA.244@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>> To boot into the Windows Recovery Console, boot the machine with your
>>>> WinXP installation CD.
>>>>
>>>> What program reports "MBR Error 3"? What program do you want to use to
>>>> fix it?
>>>>
>>>> "tatar" <afe@ersoy.co.uk> wrote in message
>>>> news:-O0Jh1G4yKHA.2436@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>>> Yes, I want to fix my MBR error 3 and also to create Recovery console.
>>>>>
>>>>> "Pegasus [MVP]" <news@microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:ulE7A63yKHA.5288@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "tatar" <afe@ersoy.co.uk> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:uhxaK33yKHA.4752@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>>>>> Windows XP SP3
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Most things you want to do you are asked to bootup from your Windows
>>>>>>> XP installation CD. I have tried to use OEM WinXP recovery CD, an
>>>>>>> streamed WinXP SP2 and somebody else's Win XP SP3 disk and in all
>>>>>>> cases I get the warning that "... the files in my computer are later
>>>>>>> version than the CD's.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> How can I produce a bootup disk from my computer with Windows XP SP3
>>>>>>> and the lastest updates?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Most things" sounds great but would you care to give us an example
>>>>>> that requires a WinXP boot CD?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>
 
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noone

Flightless Bird
=?Utf-8?B?TWFyayBBZGFtcw==?= <MarkAdams@discussions.microsoft.com>
écrivait news:FD7D0AE9-0F31-4701-A575-1CF8409E9A1A@microsoft.com:

<snip>
>
> Then your OEM CD is a "recovery disk" and not a Windows XP "install
> disk".

<snip>

That's what the OP said in the beginning of this thread
 
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Mark Adams

Flightless Bird
"noone" wrote:

> =?Utf-8?B?TWFyayBBZGFtcw==?= <MarkAdams@discussions.microsoft.com>
> écrivait news:FD7D0AE9-0F31-4701-A575-1CF8409E9A1A@microsoft.com:
>
> <snip>
> >
> > Then your OEM CD is a "recovery disk" and not a Windows XP "install
> > disk".
>
> <snip>
>
> That's what the OP said in the beginning of this thread
> .
>

If you reread the original post:

"Most things you want to do you are asked to bootup from your Windows XP
installation CD. I have tried to use OEM WinXP recovery CD, an streamed
WinXP SP2 and somebody else's Win XP SP3 disk and in all cases I get the
warning that "... the files in my computer are later version than the CD's."

The OP has tried SP2 and SP3 install disks to no avail. This is because he
is trying to run Recovery Console from within Windows. You must boot from the
install disk to do this, which is why I gave him the instructions that I did.
Recovery disks don't have Recovery Console, they only recover the machine to
its original condition with all data lost-- which is what the OP said.
 
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