$unique$.udf, udf.sif
The winnt32.exe command
The winnt32.exe command
$unique$.udf /unattend.udf
The Older windows OS can run off from Floppy disks, but they are extremely out dated, and you probably can not find them anymore.
Yes. Windows Vista still supports both legacy floppy controllers and modern USB floppy drives.
The floppy disk has nothing to do with the operating system on the hard drive. You can use a floppy disk created in Windows XP to boot a computer that has Windows 2000, Windows 98, Windows 95, Windows 3.1, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD, etc...
Yes, if you have a CD drive.
You can create a bootable MS-DOS floppy disk, and put on it the utility which is called format.com. After that you boot your PC up from the floppy disk and use format.com to format the partion where windows xp is installed. Before you start you have to make sure that you have a windows xp installtion CD and a serial number for the windows xp. After you have formatted the partion boot up your PC from the installation CD and follow instructions. Better Idea - If Windows XP was installed with NTSF formatting, this idea won't work. You should do "fdisk" from a bootable floppy before you install Win98. This way the installation will properly format the disk for your new installation. Why don't you go back to Windows 2000 instead of 98?? It crashes a lot less often and will run fine on the old cpi. You will still need 128mb memory for either one to run decent.
The three methods of performing an unattended installation of Windows XP are: · Network based (with an answer file) · RIS based (with either an answer file or from an image) · CD ROM based (with an answer file) The answer file contains the settings you are prompted for during an attended installation. The default name for the answer file is unattend.txt but this can be changed as required. This means that several different answer files can be created, allowing for tailored installations for different user types or groups. On a network installation the answer file will be stored in the i386 folder. The command line input is: winnt.exe /u:unattend.txt For an unattended CD ROM installation the answer file should be renamed to winnt.sif (being careful to ensure the file extension is changed, rather than just renaming a .txt file) and placed on a floppy disk inserted into the computer. Answer files can be created using the setupmgrutility. RIS stands for Remote Installation Services. This is used to deploy a clean installation onto a target computer. The target computer needs to establish a network connection to a Windows 2000 or a Windows Server 2003 RIS server. This requires that the target computer has a PXE (Pre Execution Environment) compliant network adapter. If the network adapter is not PXE compliant, most major manufacturers devices can still be used is the target computer boots from a RIS Boot Floppy Disk. The target computer should be configured to use the network as its first boot device. If this cannot be done (i.e. BIOS not allowing this as an option) admin can create a RIS boot floppy disk using the rbfg.exe command located on the RIS server. There are two types of custom RIS installation: A clean installation with answer files that were automatically created during the installation of RIS. An image-based installation in conjunction with the RIS server. The image contains the operating an also any necessary applications. This saves time installing applications on individual computers. Custom images can be created for different user types and groups. PXE will located the RIS server and prompt the user of the target computer to press F12 to connect. The user then enters his domain username and password.
Yes. Most floppy disks all the way from the original IBM PC to the present day use the FAT file system, so a floppy created in Windows 95 (or MS-DOS, for that matter) could still be read on Windows XP or Windows Vista.
You copy the RAID or Non RAID drivers file from the cards driver CD to the disk Read the documentation to find out which folder on the CD contains these files The card drivers must be installed during the Windows installation. you are given an opportunity at the beginning of the Windows installation to provide the drivers on floppy disk or a USB device.
Four (4) startup disks are needed to boot Windows 2000 from floppy disks.