How do i make a boot up disk for win2k professional, i have try to go to control panel to find it, but can't see it.

well, all i want to do is create a startup disk.

You can't create a disk to boot into dos like you could with Win98.

You can create setup disks (4 of them) to install from & you should be able to get into the recovery console (limited dos type functionality) from them.
To create them run the prog in the boot disk dir on the install cd.

You can create the 4 set boot disk using the Windows 2000 professional CD-ROM, open the boot disk folder and execute either makeboot.exe ore makebt32.exe, a command prompt window that asks you to insert a floppy disk into drive A:\, continue the process until you have created all four disks.

Note: use makeboot.exe if you are running in DOS environement or Windows for workgroup.
Use makebt32.exe if you are running in Windows 95,98,ME, NT or 2000.

Regards

so, can i create a win98 startup disk, then boot in to dos and put in the win2k disk and install it?

If i wants to install the regular version of windows 2000 which let me go on the internet and like the kind of windows 2000 that im using right now, then i will choose: makebt32.exe

right???

No you can't install it from a 98 boot disk but you can install it from Win98.

You should be able to boot from the Win2k setup cd. If you can't & you don't have another os installed you will have to make the boot floppies.

Makebt32.exe, is an executable file which can be run from Windows as described above, instead of makeboot.exe which you have to be in DOS mode.

Regards

so if i reformat my whole hard drive, which means all the windows os have been deleted then which .exe shall i use?

Makebt32.exe or makeboot.exe

well the reason i want to make this disk is to beware if when i can't even boot up to my windows, then i will have to use this disk to reinstall my windows.

It doesn't really matter. Both create exactly the same disks but makebt32 will not create the disks under dos.

Do I take it you can't boot from the cd? You would need to change the boot order in the BIOS.

but can makebt32 and makeboot both can be run in dos?

By the ways, how do i know if a cd is a bootable cd or not, do i just open it up in windows explorer and see if there is an autorun file in that cd?

The autorun file just sets what prog runs when windows detects the cd.
If there is a simple way of telling if a cd is bootable (other that trying it) I've yet to find it.
CD writing progs can generally tell if you analyze the disk.
If its a genuine Win2k cd it will be bootable.

oh well, my win2k was just a copy from my friends, lol :D

so, if it's not bootable, then can i use the makebt32.exe and create those 4 disk then boot up those disk and then put in my win2k cd and install it?

m8......!! just explore the CD like you mentioned before, look for a folder called Bootdisk, just double click on makebt32.exe and follow the instructions, once its complete, is all done you got 4 sets of Win2K boot disks.

Regards

Originally posted by neokeyrulerz
so, if it's not bootable, then can i use the makebt32.exe and create those 4 disk then boot up those disk and then put in my win2k cd and install it?

Yes.

The CD may be bootable. It depends how it was copied.

If you prefer you can download the win2k pro setup discs from here http://www.bootdisk.com/