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June 1, 2001
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Create your own emergency boot disk

Picture this: Windows won't start. Do you: A. Panic; B. Take a siesta; C. Calmly smile as you pull out your customised emergency boot disk, use it to start your computer, and proceed to fix your system?

If you answered C, I commend you. If you chose B, I envy you. But if you picked A, I can help. It's time for you to make an emergency boot disk that does the standard Windows version one better.

Every version of Windows 9x lets you make an emergency boot floppy disk. When you boot from the floppy, Windows takes you to a DOS prompt where you can run DOS utility programs to evaluate and repair your hard disk, fix ...

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