If your computer develops a problem that keeps it from accessing your hard disk, you need some other way to boot your system. The answer is an emergency boot disk.   If you are using Win95/98/ME , you need to make an emergency boot disk, which you can make with the Add/Remove Programs control panel. [...]

Step 1: Know Your System   The first preventive step you need to perform is to take an inventory of your computer system. This information will be vital if you later have to contact technical support or have your system serviced.   Start by noting your serial number and model number. With this information, your [...]