> I have been trying to create an XP boot disk using a ZIP drive. I don't
> want just a boot startup disk such as a floppy can do - that one
> finishes the boot on the hard drive. I want the ZIP disk to have the
> entire OS - of course a regular install of XP will not fit, but a
> recovery console is sufficient for what I want to do. However, I can't
> seem to get it to boot. The disk starts booting and then stops with a
> blank screen. Any ideas or suggestions? Has anyone done this already? If
> not XP, how about earlier versions of NT?

Not exactly what you're looking for, but take a look at ERD Commander
2002 from Winternals Software (http://www.winternals.com/) - it's
basically a bootable NT/XP GUI on a CD.

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Kerry Harrison <[log in to unmask]>
Computer Troubleshooters of Katy LLC

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