Creating a Windows 98 Emergency Boot Disk
NOTE: If you use this utility in MS-DOS, you must load the Himem.sys file.
Requirements
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Access to the Windows 98 CD-ROM
Access to a 1.44 MB floppy drive on A:\
1.44 MB floppy disk
Steps to create the FAT32 EBD using MS-DOS
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- At a command prompt outside of Windows, change to the CD-ROM drive containing
the Windows 98 CD-ROM. For example, if your CD-ROM drive is D:\, you would
type:
D:\ [press Enter key]
- Change to the FAT32EBD directory by typing the following:
CD\TOOLS\MTSUTIL\FAT32EBD [press Enter key]
- Run FAT32EBD.EXE and follow its prompts to create a FAT32 EBD. Run the utility by typing:
FAT32EBD.EXE [press Enter key]
- Write-protect the diskette when it is finished creating the EBD to insure a virus cannot write to the disk.
- Restart the computer with the FAT32 Emergency Boot Disk.
Author:
Stan Ross