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DOS启动盘 & LOGO技术（启动盘室） » Can a USB flash drive be used to install DOS?

Floor1　aoon	Posted 2006-01-03 16:08
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I want to install the DOS system, but I don't have a floppy drive and no available CDs. The important thing is that my system only has WinXP (already switched back to FAT32 format). I would like to ask if I can use a USB flash drive to install DOS under WinXP? Thank you!

Floor2　darkradx	Posted 2006-01-03 16:30
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Floor4　aoon	Posted 2006-01-03 16:42
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It seems that a floppy disk or CD is needed.

Floor5　chujiafu	Posted 2006-01-03 17:56
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Use Usboot 1.67 to make the USB flash drive a bootable disk (preferably in USB-zip mode). Then set the first boot in CMOS to USB zip.

Floor6　bozy	Posted 2006-01-04 19:22
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Passing by. I also used it a year ago to make a U disk into a bootable disk

Floor7　aoon	Posted 2006-01-13 21:50
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After U disk starts, it is C: (the U disk itself). Can this be installed to another disk and start normally?

Floor9　aoon	Posted 2006-01-14 22:09
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It is selected in USB - zip mode (or C: which is the USB flash drive itself). Can the DOS installation program be copied to the USB flash drive and installed to D: (original C: drive) and then booted with DOS?

Floor10　chujiafu	Posted 2006-01-15 19:30
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Try the following method: Boot with a USB drive, Format d:/s, then unplug the USB drive and restart.

Floor11　userid	Posted 2006-01-15 23:21
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It doesn't work. I've tried. The mainboard needs to support USB drive booting. In the first boot item in BIOS, the USB drive needs to be recognizable. For example: mine is recognized as AOMEGE (black box USB drive), then it can be used. What's said online about setting it to USB-zip mode,... That's all, it's not enough.

Floor12　aoon	Posted 2006-01-17 22:30
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Solved. Thank you everyone! My motherboard can use the USB-FDD mode (floppy disk mode) of USBOOT, and after booting, it becomes A:.