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Old 05-26-2009   #1
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Default Make a boot USB stick

To make a USB drive bootable, download the HP USB Disk Format Tool:

HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool - v2.1.8 Download - EXTREME Overclocking

After the setup is finished, it will create a folder C:\Drive Key (assuming Windows is installed on C:\), and a shortcut on your desktop HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool

  • Click on the shortcut (Run as Administrator in Windows Vista)
  • Select the device
  • Select the File System: Chose FAT32
(Now the option "Create a DOS Startup Disk" is no longer grayed out)
  • Enter a Volume Label (in this case Tools).
  • Chose "Create a DOS startup disk, using DOS System Files Located at:" point to a bootable floppy (preferable) and press Start.
That's it. Now you can put all the programs you want on the USB stick, and run them from pure DOS
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Default Re: Make a boot USB stick

Kewl info georgeks
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Thanks Sir Trews

Hard to imagine, that a program simplifying things so much, was on the Company Network for so long mostly unused.

Can't provide a direct link though, so..Extreme Overclocking it is...
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Great tip thanks
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