REMEMBER - DON'T USE AN OLD FLOPPY - DON'T TRY TO "SAVE SPACE" AND USE THE FLOPPIES YOU SAVE YOUR E-MAILS AND IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS ON! USE ONE GOOD, CLEAN, NEW FLOPPY.

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BOOT DISKS for Windows 95A, 95B, 98, 98SE and ME

If you installed Windows yourself, you were asked if you wanted to make an Emergency Start-up Disk. Some of you did this. Or, you may have got a Windows start-up disk when you bought your computer. But, the disk you made or were given may have a serious health problem!

For reasons known only to Microsoft, Windows 95 makes an EBD that does NOT include CD-ROM drivers! This means that if you ever had to format your hard drive and tried to re-install Windows 95 from your Windows CD again - you couldn't! Your Windows 95 CD would sit in the CD drive and never start up! Amazing, isn't it! (Some people would use stronger language!)

And again, for reasons only Microsoft can answer, Windows ME does NOT include the facility to manually transfer System files to a floppy. Amazing, isn't it!

We suggest you download one of the following files and make your OWN boot disk. Please make absolutely sure you download the correct file for your version of Windows

You can check your version by RIGHT-clicking on the "My Computer" icon on your desktop. A little drop-down menu will appear. Click on "Properties" at the bottom - and the next box that pops up will clearly show you what version of Windows you have installed.

WINDOWS 95 A : http://dos.li5.org/IMGS/WIN95A.EXE

WINDOWS 95 B (OSR 2) : http://dos.li5.org/IMGS/WIN95B.EXE

WINDOWS 98 : http://dos.li5.org/IMGS/WIN98.EXE

WINDOWS 98 SE (Second Edition) : http://dos.li5.org/IMGS/WIN98SE.EXE

WINDOWS ME : http://dos.li5.org/IMGS/WINME.EXE

These disks - and others - are provided by http://jason-n3xt.org/dos

(TIP: If a single-click doesn't connect, then DOUBLE-click the link)

• Remember, when the Download Manager box asks you if you want to "Open it" or "Save it to disk ..." select SAVE TO DISK.
• You can either download and save this file onto your desktop OR you can save it into a special folder you make under your main "Downloads" folder (Strongly recommended! Full instructions are in Clinic 4 and 5 It looks like this :
  
• Remember the lesson in Clinic 11 ? To make sure this file is virus-free, you can RIGHT-click over it and on the menu that pops up, select "Scan with AVG"
• When ready to make your Windows start-up boot disk, DOUBLE-CLICK on the file.
• The following box appears :

Put your nice clean floppy into the A (floppy) drive and then click on O.K.

• Your EBD/Emergency Start-up disk will now be made. You can see the progress :

When the progress bar reaches 100% your Windows EBD/Boot-up floppy disk has completed and this progress box will disappear.

• It is critically important that you make sure your start-up disk is virus-free. So, when the disk has been made, leave it in the floppy drive. NOW ...
• DOUBLE-click on the LARGE AVG (Grisoft Anti-Viral) icon on your desktop (NOT the little icon in your systray next to the clock.)
• When the main AVG interface opens, click on ...

Click the Run Removable Media Test button

• On the next box that appears, click on the A: Floppy drive button :

Click on the A: Floppy Drive button. AVG will now scan every file on your floppy. It should be virus-free! Now, you can CLOSE AVG

• It is imperative that you NEVER boot with a disk that has a virus. Now you know your EBD is virus-free (AVG has just tested it) you need to WRITE PROTECT your floppy.
• Take your floppy out and look at the top left and right corners. There are two little "windows" at each corner - one you can see through, the other you can't.
• There is a little slider below the window you CAN'T see through. SLIDE IT UP UNTIL IT LOCKS. Now, you can see through BOTH little windows.
• Your floppy is now "write protected" This means that no further data - including a virus - can be "written onto" the floppy. It is now completely virus free and safe.

Label your floppy clearly - Windows Startup Boot Disk - and keep it in a very safe place!

WELL DONE - you've now got a Windows EBD/Start-up disk that has the ability to boot your computer, carry out many useful functions, transfer System files AND it will enable you to access your CD-ROM drive when you are in DOS.

USING YOUR WINDOWS START-UP DISK WITH AVG

Some people could not get AVG to fully format and transfer System Files onto the first, No 1 AVG Boot Disk. As explained above, we have identified this as a limitation of Windows ME. NOT TO WORRY! You can use your Windows Start-up Disk instead of the No.1 AVG Boot Disk!

It's called the Command Prompt because you can give "commands" (instructions) here. We're going to give an instruction to launch the AVG Rescue Program.

• When you get to the A command prompt, carefully REMOVE the WINDOWS boot disk and put in your No 2 AVG RESCUE DISK.
• Now - type in avg and press the big "Enter" key on your keyboard. Do NOT type any spaces - do NOT try to use bold letters - do NOT try to do ANYTHING fancy! Just type in avg like this :

That's all you have to do. Type in avg and press the "Enter" key.