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From: Ant on 10 Mar 2010 12:30
Hello.

Does this old Dell PC model not support bootable USB devices? I tried an
external USB 3.5" floppy disk drive, bootable USB Flash drives, etc.
BIOS' boot doesn't even show the USB device.

Thank you in advance. :)
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From: Mike S. on 10 Mar 2010 17:35

In article <4padnUIzq6zZSgrWnZ2dnUVZ_hSdnZ2d(a)earthlink.com>,
Ant <ant(a)zimage.comANT> wrote:
>Hello.
>
>Does this old Dell PC model not support bootable USB devices? I tried an
>external USB 3.5" floppy disk drive, bootable USB Flash drives, etc.
>BIOS' boot doesn't even show the USB device.

Set your BIOS to boot a CD/DVD as the first boot device.

Burn the no-install version of the plop bootmanager to a CD (download ISO
and burn to CD) and boot your PC using this disc. The menu will present
various options including the ability to boot from a USB device.

http://www.plop.at/en/bootmanager.html#runcd

From: Brian K on 10 Mar 2010 19:22

"Mike S.">
> http://www.plop.at/en/bootmanager.html#runcd
>

Mike,

Thanks. That is brilliant. It works in two of my old Dells but not in an old
Gateway.


From: Ant on 11 Mar 2010 12:01
On 3/10/2010 2:35 PM PT, Mike S. typed:

>> Does this old Dell PC model not support bootable USB devices? I tried an
>> external USB 3.5" floppy disk drive, bootable USB Flash drives, etc.
>> BIOS' boot doesn't even show the USB device.
>
> Set your BIOS to boot a CD/DVD as the first boot device.
>
> Burn the no-install version of the plop bootmanager to a CD (download ISO
> and burn to CD) and boot your PC using this disc. The menu will present
> various options including the ability to boot from a USB device.
>
> http://www.plop.at/en/bootmanager.html#runcd

Thanks. I will try that later. It's a bummer that I can't boot directly
from BIOS. :(
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From: WSZsr on 12 Mar 2010 21:29
Just hit F12 at post and select the USB drive. No reason to mess with the
BIOS.

"Mike S." <retsuhcs(a)xinap.moc> wrote in message
news:hn96sa$q1o$1(a)reader1.panix.com...
>
> In article <4padnUIzq6zZSgrWnZ2dnUVZ_hSdnZ2d(a)earthlink.com>,
> Ant <ant(a)zimage.comANT> wrote:
>>Hello.
>>
>>Does this old Dell PC model not support bootable USB devices? I tried an
>>external USB 3.5" floppy disk drive, bootable USB Flash drives, etc.
>>BIOS' boot doesn't even show the USB device.
>
> Set your BIOS to boot a CD/DVD as the first boot device.
>
> Burn the no-install version of the plop bootmanager to a CD (download ISO
> and burn to CD) and boot your PC using this disc. The menu will present
> various options including the ability to boot from a USB device.
>
> http://www.plop.at/en/bootmanager.html#runcd
>
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