Create virtual floppy disks with a virtual floppy drive emulator
Download a virtual floppy drive emulator http://chitchat.at.infoseek.co.jp/vmware/vfd.html#download
Extract to a folder and double click the vfd.exe Read all of the commands/help files or just
"install -> config /m -> start -> link (b) -> open" -you now have a virtual floppy drive B: with a blank virtual floppy (winxp = 1.44MB)
You can right click on B: in windows explorer and format it just like a real floppy disk. OR you can copy ntldr, boot.ini, ntdetect.com, and diskpart.exe and have an ntfs bootdisk with full feature diskpart.exe OR you can make a WinXP DOS boot disk
Google "Windows XP boot disks" and download the boot disk installer from MS http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=535D248D-5E10-49B5-B80C-0A0205368124&displaylang=en#RelatedLinks
Run WindowsXP-KB310994-SP2-Pro-BootDisk-ENU.exe and point it at your virtual floppy drive After a disk is written (very fast!) make sure you go back to your Virtual Floppy Console and "save filename.img" for each floppy (e.g. floppy1.img) - they will be saved in the vfd.exe folder
After you're done don't forget to close it up: ulink -> stop -> remove