What is the Windows XP recovery disk?
A Windows XP recovery disk can be a CD or a floppy disk that allows you to restore your computer after it has become unbootable and other recovery techniques have not worked.When to UseYou should use a recovery disk when attempts to restore your PC via system restore have failed or when the computer fails in startup.Floppy Disk RecoveryIf you have a floppy disk drive, you can download a series of startup disks from Microsoft’s site. You should also use this method if you have placed your original Windows CD into the CD-ROM drive and the system will not boot from the CD. You may have to go into BIOS and change the boot priority in order to boot from your floppy drive.CD RecoveryIf you have the Windows CD that came with your PC, you can place it in the CD-ROM drive of your computer and the Windows Recovery Console should recognize it on startup and ask you if you want to boot from it. When you do it will ask you if you want to repair Windows or do a clean install.Clean InstallIf attempts
