Microsoft KB Archive/238898

= CDSETUP-How To Build Floppy Disk Sets for Select on Windows and Macintosh =

Article ID: 238898

Article Last Modified on 12/13/2002



This article was previously published under Q238898



SUMMARY
Microsoft Select is a simple volume software licensing program designed to help reduce your total cost of software ownership while making it easier to acquire licenses for Microsoft® products on an ongoing basis. Disk sets can be built for all Select products with the exception of exculsive CD-ROM releases.



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 * Use clean pre-formatted disks to build disk sets. There should not be any files on the disks before the Microsoft product is copied to them.
 * For some PC products, the 5.25-inch high-density (1.2 MB) disk format is included on the CD-ROM. The 1.2 MB disk format allows the use of either 3.5 (1.44 MB) disks or 5.25 (1.2 MB) disks to build disk sets.



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With the exception of the Setup disk (Disk 1), many application disks use Distributed Media Format (DMF).
 * DMF increases the capacity of a 3.5 floppy.
 * Norton DiskDoctor, Microsoft Scandisk, MS-DOS DiskCopy and Windows Copy Disk do not recognize DMF. Do not use disk utilities to examine DMF formatted disks, as the utilities can corrupt the DMF disk.
 * You cannot copy DMF formatted disks using DiskCopy.
 * Disk sets for products with the 1.44 MD/DMF format:
 * Can only be created directly from the Select CD. Disks cannot be copied from one disk to another.
 * Cannot be created on machines with 2.88 MB floppy disks.
 * Can be used on machines with 2.88 MB floppy disks.
 * Can be created on Windows NT 3.51 and Windows NT 4.0 machines.
 * Can be used on Windows NT machines.



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 * 1) In the Show box, click All Products to show all products available on the inserted CD-ROM, or click Products Updated Since to show only the products updated since the date you specify.
 * 2) In the Preferred Language box, click the language in which you want to list products.
 * 3) In the "Products on this CD-ROM" list box, click the product for which you want to build floppy disk sets. The Product Information box displays the version number of the product and the number and type of disk required.
 * 4) Click Make Disks.
 * 5) In the Make Disks On Drive box, type the letter of the drive where you will be copying files, or click the drive letter in the list.
 * 6) In the Number Of Disk Sets box, type or highlight the number of disk sets you want to make.
 * 7) In the Disk Range section, click All to make complete disk sets, or type the number of disks you want to make in the Disks box.
 * 8) To ensure the disks are built correctly, check the "Verify Disks Are Copied Correctly" box.
 * 9) Click OK.
 * 10) Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the process.



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 * 1) To build master disks, the Macintosh computer must have at least 2 MB of RAM available.
 * 2) Double-click the Disk Copy 4.2 icon.
 * 3) Click Load Image File.
 * 4) Open the disk image for which you want to make a master floppy disk. (All disk image files have a .image extension.)
 * 5) If you want to make more than one copy of a disk image, click File and then click Multiple Copies. Click Make Some Copies.
 * 6) If you want to make only one copy, click File and then click Single Copy. Click Make A Copy.
 * 7) Insert an unlocked floppy disk. If the floppy is initialized or contains files, a message will appear asking if you want to completely replace the contents.
 * 8) When the copy is complete, the disk will be ejected from the drive.
 * 9) Repeat steps 3 through 8 until all the disk images for the product have been copied.



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For more information about Select:

http://www.microsoft.com/enterprise/licensing/default.htm

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