Sometimes the need to create a bootable floppy disk catches even the most "advanced" PC users by surprise. It would seem nothing complicated, but sometimes the creation of such a floppy disk can take a lot of nerves and time.
Instructions
Step 1
Buy a floppy disk, choose a good manufacturer, as this floppy disk will serve as a reanimation of your system. Remove copy protection (open the checkbox at the bottom left of the floppy disk). Perform the following sequence of operations if your operating system is Windows 98: click the "Start" button in the lower left corner of the screen, left-click on the "Settings" line. Then select "Control Panel", in the window that appears, click on the task "Add or Remove Programs" and in the tab that appears, click on the "Boot Floppy" button.
Step 2
Perform the following sequence of operations if your operating system is Windows XP: right-click on the "My Computer" icon, and in the menu that opens, select the "Open" tab with the left mouse button. In the dialog box that opens, find the line "Disk 3, 5" and right-click on it. In the list of operations that appears, left-click on the "Format" line and check the "Create system disk" box, then click on the "Start" button. The operating system will open a dialog box warning that all data on the disk will be destroyed. In this window, click the "OK" button.
Step 3
After that, the formatting process will begin, do not interrupt it. At the end of the operation, the following set of files will be written to your floppy disk: autoexec.bat, ms-dos, io.sys, config.sys, command.com. Files are written to disk by the operating system, some of them will be hidden. Do not try to overwrite them on another floppy disk, this is not possible. If your computer does not boot (the operating system does not rise) or the operating system is not installed, boot the computer using the Dos installation floppy disk you created.
