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DOCUMENT:Q101668 09-FEB-1994 [W_NT]
TITLE :How To Guard Against Boot Failure with a Windows NT Boot Disk
PRODUCT :Windows NT
PROD/VER:3.10
OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
KEYWORDS:
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows NT operating system version 3.1
- Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1
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When Windows NT is installed on a computer that has an Intel x86-based
processor and the boot record for the active partition or files required to
boot Windows NT becomes corrupted, it is not possible to boot Windows NT or
any other operating system on that computer.
To guard against this situation, create a Windows NT boot disk when you
install Windows NT on the computer. This disk is different from an MS-DOS
boot disk because the entire Windows NT operating system cannot fit on one
disk as MS-DOS can. A Windows NT boot disk contains the files necessary to
start the operating system with the remainder of the Windows NT system
files installed on the hard disk drive. Use the following procedure to
create this disk.
1. In File Manager, place a blank floppy disk in drive A and choose Format
Disk from the Disk menu.
2. In the root directory of the boot partition of your hard disk drive, use
the ATTRIB command to remove the hidden, system, and read-only
attributes from the BOOT.INI, NTLDR, BOOTSECT.DOS, and NTDETECT.COM
files.
3. Copy the four files to the boot disk.
4. Use the ATTRIB command to restore the hidden, system, and read-only
attributes to the files on your hard disk.
5. If Windows NT is installed on a SCSI drive, perform steps 2 through
4 above to copy the NTBOOTDD.SYS file to the boot disk as well.
If you format a floppy disk in File Manager, the boot record points to the
NTLDR file. When NTLDR runs, it loads the available operating system
selections from the BOOT.INI file. If the user chooses Windows NT, NTLDR
loads NTDETECT.COM and NTOSKRNL.EXE. If the user chooses MS-DOS or OS/2,
NTLDR loads BOOTSECT.DOS.
Additional reference words: 3.10 bootdisk boot
KBCategory:
KBSubcategory: howto
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