Building an NT Boot Disk

Michael D. Reilly

Windows IT Pro

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Under Windows NT, use the command line, NT Explorer, or File Manager to format a 3.5" disk. A Windows 95- or DOS-formatted disk will not work as an NT boot disk. Copy the following files from your hard disk to your 3.5" disk: ntldr, ntdetect.com, boot.ini, bootsect.dos, and ntbootdd.sys (if it exists on your system). These files are typically hidden, so you must change their attributes or turn on the option to show hidden files. After you build the boot disk, try it to ensure that it works.

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Anonymous User

7 years ago
Jan 10, 2005

you're not very familiar with your spelling either!
Khurram

8 years ago
Apr 05, 2004

Thanks friend, this tip really works and solved my problem
kk

8 years ago
Mar 21, 2004

Frank your information was every valuabe to me. I'm not formiliar with NT.
Larry Hull

9 years ago
Oct 17, 2003

Thank you so much. You saved my life! :)
I followed your instructions and it worked beautifully. I was afraid I had lost all of my files. I copied the files from one workstation to use on another, and everything came up first time.
Juli Crenshaw

12 years ago
Jun 30, 2000

Well, I've tried this & it I still can't get my NT4 server sp5 to boot off the disk. Help I don't know what I'm doing wrong. Do I need to change something in my boot.ini?

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