Bootable USB Device
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From: mha on 21 Mar 2005 04:48 Hi How can I make my USB storage bootable, so I can boot up Windows XP in DOS mode. Such as with a bootable floppy in the old days. regards Morten
From: dandi360 on 21 Mar 2005 04:59 "mha" wrote: > Hi > > How can I make my USB storage bootable, so I can boot up Windows XP in DOS > mode. Such as with a bootable floppy in the old days. > > regards > Morten > > > I found this excerpt on another site: "The USB must have a boot sector, so copying files to it is not enough and regular format/image tools simply do it incorrectly and give it jacked up boot sectors. The HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool is the only thing I've come across that works on every USB every time (not just HP stuff, everything, even my canon camera). http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/files/hpcpqdt/us/download/20306.html" I haven't tested it yet but it sounds convincing!
From: Lee Chapelle on 21 Mar 2005 05:03 "mha" <na(a)na.na> wrote > Hi > > How can I make my USB storage bootable, so I can boot up Windows XP in DOS > mode. Such as with a bootable floppy in the old days. > > regards > Morten From a Windows 9x machine or virtual session you can run the sys command on it.
From: mha on 21 Mar 2005 05:24 Nice, but it is asking for the DOS system files location? "dandi360" <dandi360(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:3E17370B-1944-48F1-978D-7AB02583ADAD(a)microsoft.com... > > > "mha" wrote: > >> Hi >> >> How can I make my USB storage bootable, so I can boot up Windows XP in >> DOS >> mode. Such as with a bootable floppy in the old days. >> >> regards >> Morten >> >> >> I found this excerpt on another site: > > "The USB must have a boot sector, so copying files to it is not enough and > regular format/image tools simply do it incorrectly and give it jacked up > boot sectors. The HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool is the only thing I've > come > across that works on every USB every time (not just HP stuff, everything, > even my canon camera). > http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/files/hpcpqdt/us/download/20306.html" > > I haven't tested it yet but it sounds convincing!
From: Geoffw on 21 Mar 2005 05:48
win98 boot disk ? "mha" <na(a)na.na> wrote in message news:OFc1fAgLFHA.2648(a)TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl... > Nice, but it is asking for the DOS system files location? > > > "dandi360" <dandi360(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:3E17370B-1944-48F1-978D-7AB02583ADAD(a)microsoft.com... > > > > > > "mha" wrote: > > > >> Hi > >> > >> How can I make my USB storage bootable, so I can boot up Windows XP in > >> DOS > >> mode. Such as with a bootable floppy in the old days. > >> > >> regards > >> Morten > >> > >> > >> I found this excerpt on another site: > > > > "The USB must have a boot sector, so copying files to it is not enough and > > regular format/image tools simply do it incorrectly and give it jacked up > > boot sectors. The HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool is the only thing I've > > come > > across that works on every USB every time (not just HP stuff, everything, > > even my canon camera). > > http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/files/hpcpqdt/us/download/20306.html" > > > > I haven't tested it yet but it sounds convincing! > > |