Creating An Emergency Startup Diskette - Gateway E-4000 User Manual

Chapter 5: Maintaining Your Computer
Creating an emergency startup
diskette
An emergency startup diskette is a diskette that contains critical information that
you need to start your computer if Windows fails to start. You should create a
startup diskette as soon as you get your computer.
To create an emergency startup diskette in Windows XP:
1
Insert a blank diskette labeled Startup into the diskette drive.
2
Click
3
Right-click
dialog box opens.
4
Click to select the
A message warns you that any information on the diskette will be erased.
5
When you see the warning message, click
emergency startup diskette.
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, then click
Start My Computer
, then click
3½ Floppy (A:)
Create an MS-DOS startup disk
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. The My Computer window opens.
. The Format 3½ Floppy (A:)
Format
check box, then click
. Windows copies files to the
OK
.
Start