When you create a bootable floppy from within Windows XP it puts an older
version of DOS on the disk. It does not provide support for CD, USB or NTFS
disk format on the disk. When you boot with the floppy you can only see
what DOS can see and DOS can't see NTFS, CDs or USB without the proper
drivers. There are NTFS readers available for DOS which may allow you to
see your C drive, search Google for these. USB is still fairly hard to find
drivers for (yes I know you didn't say anything about USB.)

To be able to use a CD drive you would need the proper drivers on the floppy
with the proper config.sys and autoexec.bat files to load the drivers at
bootup.

An easy way to get a boot floppy that will access a CD is to find someone
with a Windows 9X system, create a "system restore disk" on their computer.
This will install all the files onto the floppy needed to access the CD but
not USB or an NTFS formatted hard drive.

As others have said, a Windows CD will do almost anything needed to access
the computer and restore it.


"Brett" <Brett@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B21B2957-1B1F-4E72-9157-109528A59524@microsoft.com...
>I have created a boot disk by formatting a 3 1/2 floppy and choosing that
> option in the window. Now, when I boot from the disk, all I can access is
> the a: drive. How can I get to the c: drive after booting from my boot
> floppy? Also, I need to have access to the CD drive when booting from the
> floppy. Thanks
>
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