Differences Between the Full Retail Setup Disk and the Emergency Boot Disk (272241)

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.

MORE INFORMATION

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