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Creating a Start Floppy

Using a Windows Server 2003-Based Computer
Creating a Boot Floppy Using a Windows Server 2003-Based Computer

Format a floppy disk on a Windows Server 2003-based computer. To do this, type format a: at the command prompt, and then press ENTER. You cannot use Microsoft Windows 95, Microsoft Windows 98, or Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition to format the floppy disk. But computers running the following operating systems can be used to format the floppy disk:
Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows NT
Ntldr file from the following Copy one of the locations to the disk you formatted in step 1:
Windows Server 2003 CD-ROM.
Windows Server 2003 Setup floppy.
A computer running the same version of Windows Server 2003 as the computer for which you want to create a boot floppy.
Copy the Ntdetect.com file to your formatted disk in step 1.
Create a Boot.ini file on the floppy disk formatted in step 1. You can also copy the file from a computer running Windows Server 2003 and modify it to match the computer for which you want to create a boot floppy. The following example is for a system with a single-partition SCSI drive and Windows Server 2003 installed under the Windows folder, but the exact value of the [operating systems] section depends on the configuration of the Windows Server 2003-based computer for which you want to create a boot floppy disk :
[boot loader]
timeout = 30
Default = scsi (0) disk (0) rdisk (0) partition (1) \\ Windows

[operating systems]
Scsi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\\WINDOWS="Windows Server 2003"
If your computer is booting from an IDE, EIDE or ESDI hard drive, replace scsi with multi(0) ( 0). For example:
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi( 0) disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\\WINDOWS="Windows Server 2003"
If scsi(x) is used in the Boot.ini file, copy the SCSI controller used on this computer Correct the device driver and rename it to Ntbootdd.sys. If you are using multi(x) in the Boot.ini file, you don't need to do this.
Start the computer with this floppy disk and log in to Windows Server 2003.

create a boot floppy
1. get set for the Windows XP Professional Windows XP Setup boot disk in the case is not based on the Windows Server 2003 computer. For additional information about how to do this, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
  310994 Obtaining Windows XP Setup Boot Disks
  Notes:
2. You must use Windows XP The Professional version of the Windows XP Setup boot disk, because the Windows XP Home Edition version does not apply to this process.
3. You only need six sets of the first disk in the Windows XP installer boot disk to complete the process.
4. Use diskcopy command to create a copy of Windows XP Setup boot disk, then delete all files on the new disk. The Windows XP Setup boot disk is the first disk in a set of six Windows XP Professional boot disks.
5. Copy the Ntdetect.com and Ntldr files from the i386 folder on the Windows Server 2003 CD-ROM to the new floppy disk.
6. Rename the Ntldr file to Setupldr.bin . When using the Windows XP Setup boot disk, you must rename the Ntldr file to Setupldr.bin, otherwise the following error message will appear:
  Boot: Couldn't find NTLDR
  Please insert another disk
7. on the floppy disk Create a Boot.ini file on it. The following example is for a system with a single-partition SCSI drive and Windows .Server 2003 installed under the Windows folder, but the exact value of the [operating systems] section depends on the configuration of the Windows Server 2003-based computer that you want to start:
  [boot loader]
  timeout = 30
  Default = scsi (0) disk (0) rdisk (0) partition (1) \\ Windows
  
  [operating systems]
  scsi (0 ) disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\\WINDOWS="Windows Server 2003"
  If your computer is booting from an IDE, EIDE or ESDI hard disk, replace scsi(0) with multi(0). For example:
  [boot loader]
  timeout=30
  default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\\WINDOWS
  [operating systems]
  multi( 0) disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\\WINDOWS="Windows Server 2003"
  If scsi(x) is used in the Boot.ini file, copy the SCSI controller used on this computer Correct the device driver and rename it to Ntbootdd.sys. If you are using multi(x) in the Boot.ini file, you don't need to do this.
8. Start the computer with this floppy disk and log in to Windows Server 2003.
  
  Troubleshooting If the path pointing to the system files is incorrect or includes the drive letter, the following error message may appear:
  Windows Server 2003 could not start because of the following ARC firmware boot configuration problem:
  Did not properly generate ARC name for HAL and system paths.Please check the Windows Server 2003 documentation about ARC configuration options and your hardware reference manuals for additional information.Boot Failed. If the wrong SCSI driver or Ntbootdd.sys is selected If the file does not exist, the following error message may appear:
  Windows Server 2003 could not start because of a computer disk hardware configuration problem.Could not read from selected boot disk.Check boot path and disk hardware.Please check the Windows Server 2003 Documentation about hardware disk configuration and your hardware disk configuration and your hardware reference manuals for additional information.Boot Failed.