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Making a Boot Disk
　　You should know what a boot disk is, right? It can help you perform some operations, such as reinstalling the system, checking for and killing viruses, and upgrading the bi
os. Since it can help you, you should make a boot disk and keep it safe, so you can use it later when you need it.
If you still don't know how to make a boot disk, you'd better take a good look at what follows.

　　The first method is the simplest. You only need to prepare a blank, formatted floppy disk and the Windows 98 installation CD. Go in through "Start"--"Settings"--"Control Pa
nel", find "Add/Remove Programs" and double-click to open it, select the "Startup Disk" tab, press the "Create Disk" button, then insert the floppy into the floppy drive. When it prompts for the Windows 98 CD, put the CD in. After a while, a boot disk will be finished. Then please turn on write protection, so you can prevent accidentally deleting its contents.
　　The second method is to make a boot disk according to your own needs, by putting the program files needed during startup onto the floppy. The method is as follows:
　　1. Likewise, first prepare a blank, formatted floppy disk.
　　2. Copy the following commonly used files to the floppy disk (note: those marked with * are required)
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Filename 　　　　Function and explanation
　　In the windows\command directory: Mscdex.exe* 　　　CD-ROM startup file
　　　　　　　　　　　　 　 　smartdrv.exe* 　　set disk cache
　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　 format.com 　　　 format disk
　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　 fdisk.exe 　　　　dos partition command
　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　 edit.com 　　　　 file editing tool
　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　 deltree.exe 　　　delete files and directories
　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　 scandisk.exe 　　 disk scanning tool
　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　 sys.com 　　　　　system transfer command
　　In the windows directory:　　　　Himem.sys* 　　　 manage extended memory and upper memory
　　In the windows\edb directory: 　　oakcdrom.sys* 　　generic CD-ROM driver
　　Extract windows\edb\edb.zip, and extract restart.com from it to a:\restart; it is the file for reboot
ing.
　　Copy your motherboard BIOS flash utility and any other files you think are useful to a:
　　3. After copying the files, use the edit command to edit the a:\config.sys system file. The file contents are as follows:
　　
　　menuitem=reinstall,Reinstall System 　<--generate the reinstall system menu
　　menuitem=kill,Kill Virus 　　　　　 　<--generate the kill virus menu
　　menuitem=update,Update Bios 　　　　　<--generate the update bios menu
　　menudefault=kill,15 　　　　　　　　　<--if you do not press any key, after 15 seconds it will boot with the default option kill
virus
　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　<--startup configuration for reinstall system
　　device=a:\oakcdrom.sys /d:mscd001
　　lastdrive=z 　　　　　　　　　　　　　<--start CD-ROM
　　install=a:\mscdex.exe /d:mscd001 /v
　　install=a:\smartdrv.exe c+ 2048 　　　<--load 2048k cache for drive c
　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 <--startup configuration for kill virus
　　install=a:\smartdrv c+ d+ e+ f+ 4096　<--load 4096k cache for drives c,d,e,f
　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　<--startup configuration for update bios
　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　<--common startup configuration
　　device=a:\himem.sys /testmemff 　 　<--load upper memory
　　Save and exit. This completes an "all-in-one" boot disk. This boot disk not only lets you freely choose the startup configuration during bo
ot, but also starts up fairly quickly. After finishing, likewise don't forget to turn on write protection.

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