Last update: May 16, 2008
How to create a Windows XP Boot Disk
Introduction
If there is a faulty boot sequence on the Windows XP machine, then you might need to create a boot disk to access the machine.
Solution
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 305595 provides step-by-step description of how to create a Windows XP boot disk.
More information
It may also be a good strategy to think of the preventive measures, so that the next time you face a similar problem it will take you next to nothing to resolve it.
You can create a backup archive of the whole hard disk drive by means of Acronis True Image 11 Home and then restore it, should the machine become unstable or crash.