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4. Change to the i386 directory on the CD-ROM drive.
cd X:\i386
where X is the drive letter assigned to the CD-ROM drive.
5. Type WINNT /OX and press Enter. This command creates the three Windows NT 4.0
system boot disks.
To create Windows 2000 startup disks
1. Boot the system with a Windows 98, SE, or ME startup disk.
2.
Choose the Start Computer with CD-ROM Support option.
3. Insert the Windows 2000 system CD.
4.
Change directories to the CD-ROM drive.
cd X:
where X is the drive letter assigned to the CD-ROM drive.
5.
Type MAKEBOOT and press Enter. This command creates the four Windows 2000
system boot disks.
To create Windows XP startup disks
Floppy-less Windows XP installations can only be performed from systems that are capable of
booting to the CD-ROM drive. For systems that are not capable of booting to the CD-ROM
drive, the contents of the Windows XP boot disks can be downloaded from the Microsoft Web
site (www.microsoft.com). These disks cannot be created from the Windows XP CD.
To install Windows XP from CD-ROM
When using MaxBlast Plus II to install Windows XP from CD-ROM:
1. Enter the system BIOS and check the boot sequence or boot order settings. They
may need to be changed to: Floppy > CDROM > IDE-0 or A,CDROM,C.
2.
Save settings and exit setup.
3. Power the system down and restart with the MaxBlast Plus II disk in the floppy
drive and the MaxBlast Plus II CD in the CD-ROM drive.
If you have trouble booting to the Windows
XP CD, see the workaround included in
Maxtor’s Knowledge Base article #855.
Depending on the manufacturer of your
system’s BIOS setup utility (AMI, Award, or
Phoenix), the boot sequence settings could
be on the main setup screen or behind the
BIOS FEATURES SETUP/ ADVANCED
CMOS SETUP menus.