Guide to Format a partition in Windows
If you used a computer at least once, you have heard this term "Boot disk" or "Booting floppy disk". But how to create one for yourself? I've described the steps involved in creating a Booting disk. Follow all the steps carefully.
Applicable to : Windows 95/98/98SE/ME. (May work with other versions as well.)
Get a good working empty floppy disk. Get a new one if you can. If you are using an old good floppy, make sure that you have a backup of that floppy contents. Because while creating a boot floppy, everything on the disk will be destroyed.
- Insert the floppy into the floppy disk drive. Make sure that the write protect notch on the floppy is closed (ie the floppy is writable).
- Go to Start => Settings => Control Panel.
- Double click the "Add/Remove Programs" icon there. The "Add/Remove Programs" window should open.
- Go to Startup disk Section there.
- Click "Create Disk" button there. Windows will ask for confirmation and create a boot disk.
- If boot disk creation is failed in the middle, probably it is due to bad floppy disk. Use another disk and follow the same procedure.
- Alternatively you can download a Windows boot disk image from www.bootdisk.com site..
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