Computerworld

Creating an MS-DOS Boot Disk

I recently said that an MS-DOS boot disk couldn’t be created in Windows 2000. As several readers pointed out, this isn’t quite true. An MS-DOS boot disk can be created using files located on the ...
Ars Technica

How do I create a DOS start-up disk under Windows XP Pro?

I need to create a bootable system floppy to update BIOs.<BR><BR>The instructions say to type [FORMAT A:/S] from the DOS prompt WITHOUT creating "AUTOEXEC.BAT" and "CONFIG.SYS" files.<BR><BR>How do I ...
Ars Technica

DOS Boot Disk Wont Allow Me To Flash My BIOS

I keep getting the following error when trying to flash my bios:<P>"Can not flash bios is memory managers (HIMEM) present."<P>I created my boot disk from xp by right ...
CNET

Recent TIL articles: DOS formatted Zip disks; Mail error; Startup Disk selection; Language Kits in Classic

106317: Mac OS X 10.0: PC-DOS Formatted Zip Disks Do Not Work With Classic Applications states: "You cannot save directly to a PC-DOS formatted Iomega Zip disk from an application that is open in the ...
Computerworld

Creating an MS-DOS Boot Disk in Windows XP

I mentioned before that you could create an MS-DOS boot disk in Windows XP. Several readers have asked about the procedure, so here it is. Insert a disk into your floppy disk drive and run Windows ...