Microsoft KB Archive/272241

= Differences Between the Full Retail Setup Disk and the Emergency Boot Disk =

Article ID: 272241

Article Last Modified on 1/29/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition

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This article was previously published under Q272241



SUMMARY
The Setup disk that is included with the full retail version of Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Me) is intended to help install Windows Me on a computer that does not have an existing operating system.

The Emergency Boot Disk, which is created during Windows Me Setup, or from Add/Remove Programs, is designed to assist in troubleshooting procedures.

Below is a more detailed discussion of the differences between the Setup disk, and the Emergency Boot Disk.



Setup Disk
The Setup disk has Autoexec.bat entries that default to launch the Oemsetup.exe on the full retail Windows Me CD-ROM.

The Setup disk does not have Hibinv.exe, or Ebdundo.bat.

For additional information about Hibinv.exe, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

267594 Starting from the Windows Millennium Edition EBD Disables the Hibernation File

For additional information about Ebdundo.bat, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

264578 Ebdundo.exe Does Not Do Anything When Run from the Startup Disk

Boot Options for the Setup Disk

 * Start Windows Setup from CD-ROM
 * Start computer with CD-ROM support
 * Start computer without CD-ROM support

Emergency Boot Disk
The Emergency Boot Disk creates a RAM drive, and extracts the following files to it:
 * Attrib.exe
 * Chkdsk.exe
 * Command.com
 * Debug.exe
 * Edit.com
 * Ext.exe
 * Extract.exe
 * Format.com
 * Help.bat
 * Mscdex.exe
 * Readme.txt
 * Scandisk.exe
 * Scandisk.ini
 * Sys.com

Boot Options for the Emergency Boot Disk

 * Help
 * Start computer with CD-ROM support
 * Start computer without CD-ROM support
 * Minimal Boot

Additional query words: Attrib Chkdsk Command Debug Edit Ext Extract Format Help Mscdex Readme Scandisk Sys

Keywords: KB272241

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