Setting up a bootable USB Device

Note:This WILL make a bootable USB device, IF YOU FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS!!!!

It will not,however,boot NT,2000,2003,or XP. Using one of the files below,you CAN access the drive. This only boots to a DOS prompt.

If does not work for your system, then that has to do with the individual BIOS and motherboards. Contact your manufacturer.

I will not respond to e-mails saying "It doesn't boot my XFD 455 Tower computer". If it is capable of being booted from a USB device, this process will work!!. 

Contact your manufacturer 

e-mail address is at bottom of page

Files Needed:

NOTICE!!!!!!!All files are in ZIP Format. Must be unzipped to work correctly!

Here is a link for a unzipping program: http://www.winzip.com

 This is the file for the Windows 98SE Bootdisk: win98se.zip

And for PART.EXE PART.zip

This is the HP USB Utility SP27213.zip

And to access NTFS HDD's ntfsinst.zip

Here are the instructions:

 

A: Objects needed:

 

B: Step by step instructions:

  1. Install the HP Utility on system with floppy drive (VERY easy,just follow prompts)

  2. Run the 98SE Bootdisk image file(Will create a 98SE Boot floppy).Leave this floppy in drive.

  3. Go to Start>Programs(Or All Programs)>Hewlett-Packard Company>HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool

  4. Set Filesystem as "FAT" (NOT FAT32!!!!!!!)

  5. Check "Create a DOS Startup Disk"

  6. In the "Use DOS filesystem files at" box,type "A:\"

  7. Click "Start". When done,click "close"

  8. Go to Start>run Type "Command" in the box,click "OK"

  9. Type "A: " then 'enter'

  10. Type "copy *.* a: usbdriveletter:" then 'enter' {where usbdriveletter is the drive letter,example: 'E' }

  11. If any dialogs appear asking to overwrite files,type "no". When files are done copying,type "exit",then 'enter'.Box will close

  12. Go to 'My Computer',then Go to USB drive

  13. Go to "Tools>Folder Options" Go to �View� tab. Check the �Show hidden files and folders' option. UNCHECK the �Hide protected operating system files�. Say yes to any dialogs,and click OK

  14. Right click the �Autoexec.bat� file,and choose 'Edit'. Find the line that begins with "PATH=", and replace the "a:" to "c:". Exit and save changes to file.

  15. Other files you may need to edit are "Config.sys" and "Setramd.bat". Change ANY references from "A:" to "C:"

  16. Copy �PART.EXE� to the USB drive
  17. There you go.It will now boot as a Windows 98SE Startup disk,with all DOS commands working.
    After the boot,you can use �PART.EXE� to make the partitions and make the HDD bootable     (Even if it�s Drive2,something you CANNOT do with FDISK) (Formatting,tho,seems not to work so good�use the DOS version for that,ie 'Format C: /s")

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