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To: mr.mark who wrote (3222)	4/26/1999 1:37:00 PM
From: Redcard	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110646

mr mark I just got a new computer with Win 98 and am trying to make a floppy boot disk and it will not do it. The message says there are missing files. I called tech support and they said that the Win 98 CD would reboot the computer, is that correct? Thanks for your help. R

To: mr.mark who wrote (3222)	4/26/1999 2:32:00 PM
From: PMS Witch	Respond to of 110646

Testing bootable floppy: The test of a bootable floppy is really 'Will it Boot?' when you need it. Just do as you said -- Insert floppy with power off and turn power on again. Your system should boot and you'll see the DOS 'C:\' prompt. You can try typing 'DIR' and your system should list a few files. If you get this far, your floppy is indeed bootable. To make a 'plain vanilla' bootable floppy: Put a floppy into the drive In Explorer, Right click on your floppy drive (Usually 3.5 A) Select Format... Select Density (Usually 1.44 meg) In Format type, Select Full In Other options, Check Copy System Files IF the floppy is already formatted, you could check the 'Copy System files only' under Format type and save a minute or two on the format. You could also get here by right clicking MY Computer. Hope this helps, PW.