JSI Tip 0012 - Build a NTFS or FAT Boot Floppy.

Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 311073 contains the following INTRODUCTION:

This article describes how to create a Windows startup disk to access a drive that has a faulty startup sequence on an Intel x86-processor-based computer.

Note The procedure for RISC-based computers is different. This article does not describe those procedures.

This Windows startup disk can access a drive that has the Windows NT file system (NTFS) or File allocation table (FAT) file system installed. Theprocedures in this article can be useful to work around the following startupproblems:

You can also use this startup disk to start from the shadow of a broken mirror. However, you may have to change the Boot.ini file to do this.

You cannot use this Windows startup disk to resolve the following problems:

To work around or fix these problems, run the emergency repair disk, load the last known good control set, or reinstall Windows.