tailieunhanh - Creating a DOS Boot Disk

Upon completion of this lab, the student will know which files are necessary to make a floppy disk bootable. The student will also learn the commands necessary to create a boot disk. | Lab Creating a DOS Boot Disk Estimated time 25 Minutes Objective Upon completion of this lab the student will know which files are necessary to make a floppy disk bootable. The student will also learn the commands necessary to create a boot disk. Equipment The following equipment is required for this exercise Operational computer with Windows 98 or below earlier installed A blank floppy diskette Note This lab will not work with Windows ME Windows 2000 or Windows XP. Scenario As a computer technician the student will need to create a boot disk in order to prepare a computer for installation. This disk will include utilities such as fdisk and format so that a hard drive can be prepared for an operating system. Procedures Formatting prepares the disk for use. For DOS make a bootable disk using the same version of DOS that is on the hard drive. Note Use caution to not accidentally format the Hard Drive. Step 1 If the computer is not already booted and at a DOS prompt boot it now. Put a floppy diskette into the drive and format the floppy diskette using the following command C FORMAT A Which three files are necessary in order to make the disk bootable Step 2 Leave the diskette in the drive and reboot the system. This process will test the disk to make sure it is bootable. Did the system successfully boot to a prompt What does the prompt look like Step 3 1 - 2 IT Essentials I - Lab Copyright 2002 Cisco Systems Inc. When the system boots using Microsoft s DOS the five files involved are and . Assuming all five files are available on a bootable disk what order are these files accessed when the system is booted 1. _ 2. _ 3. _ 4. _ 5. _ Step 4 In addition to the five files mentioned above there are certain utilities that can be helpful when working with a computer that does not have an operating system .