Protecting Yourself with a Startup Disk
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Make at least two copies of your startup disk. Keep one accessible and the other in a safe location. A startup disk created for a FAT16 version of Windows 98 does not give you access to the data on a hard drive formatted for FAT32. If you did not create a startup disk with the appropriate FAT (pages 11, 21, 155) system, you might be able to use a startup disk created from another computer that has the same FAT system.
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Protecting Yourself with a Startup Disk
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Laptop Computers A startup disk can help you recover data from your hard disk when Windows will not start. The startup disk starts your computer in DOS mode even when Windows will not start. You can then use DOS commands, such as COPY, to copy or access important data files.
A startup disk can help you recover data from your hard disk when Windows will not start. The startup disk starts your computer in DOS mode even when Windows will not start. You can then use DOS commands, such as COPY, to copy or access important data files. If you didn't take advantage of the opportunity to create a startup disk during Windows 98 installation, you can create a startup disk at any time. Always make multiple startup disks and test them to make sure they give you access to your hard drive.
Laptop Computer If you didn't take advantage of the opportunity to create a startup disk during Windows 98 installation, you can create a startup disk at any time. Always make multiple startup disks and test them to make sure they give you access to your hard drive.
To create the startup disk, you must have your original Windows program disks ( ROM) because the startup disk boot files are copied from the source disks to be sure of their integrity.
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Desktop Computer To create a startup disk, follow these steps:
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Open the Add/Remove Programs option in the Control Panel.
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Click the Startup Disk tab.
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Insert a disk into the A: drive. Any contents on the disk are deleted.
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Choose Create Disk and follow the instructions as they are displayed onscreen.
To create the startup disk, you must have your original Windows program disks (or CD-ROM) because the startup disk boot files are copied from the source disks to be sure of their integrity.
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Click OK.
Notebooks Make at least two copies of your startup disk. Keep one accessible and the other in a safe location.
Lenovo A startup disk created for a FAT16 version of Windows 98 does not give you access to the data on a hard drive formatted for FAT32. If you did not create a startup disk with the appropriate FAT (pages 11, 21, 155) system, you might be able to use a startup disk created from another computer that has the same FAT system.
Hard Drive The Windows 98 startup disk includes drivers for common CD-ROMs and creates a RAM disk on which it unpacks many useful DOS tools/commands from a CAB file included on the disk.
Travelstar To start using the startup disk, insert it in the A: drive and reboot the computer. The computer should restart and show the A: prompt in DOS. You can now use DOS commands to copy files from the hard drive, replace corrupted Windows files, or reinstall a disk-based version of Windows.
Gateway If you have the available disk space, a convenient way of always having access to the Windows installation and driver files is to copy all the CAB files from your Windows installation CD-ROM onto your hard disk. After booting from the startup disk, go to the appropriate directory and run SETUP. When installing new hardware, point Windows to this directory when it asks for the installation disk.
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