You just made a floppy boot disk and want to test it. You put the disk in the drive and restart the computer but it boots up to the Windows XP GUI. What could have caused this?

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In this case, the PC is looking for the boot sector in the hard drive first. To make it search for the boot sector in the floppy drive, ensure that the floppy drive is set higher in the boot devices lists.
Key Takeaway: BIOS defines a list of boot devices by priority, which should be searched for the boot sector when a computer boots. Make sure that you assign the drive as a first boot device that you want the computer to boot from. In this case, set the floppy drive as the first boot device.

You Just Made a Floppy Boot Disk and Want to Test