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DOS启动盘 & LOGO技术（启动盘室） » Can a USB flash drive be used to boot instead of a floppy disk?????????????

Floor1　aaadsf	Posted 2003-08-18 00:00
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My floppy drive isn't very good writing to it over and over, reading from it over and over I can't stand it I have a USB flash drive Can I make it become A: when booting?

Floor2　zccsd	Posted 2003-08-18 00:00
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Your motherboard needs to support USB booting, then it will work. First use the SYS command to transfer the system files to the USB flash drive, then COPY the boot disk files from here to the USB flash drive.

Floor3　aaadsf	Posted 2003-08-18 00:00
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*The following is a quote from ZCCSD at 2003-8-18 11:45:52:* Your motherboard needs to support USB booting, then it will work. First use the SYS command to transfer the system files to the USB flash drive, then COPY the boot disk files from here to the USB flash drive. The three points you mentioned I don't understand any of them at all!!

Floor4　aaadsf	Posted 2003-08-18 00:00
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There is no usb--hdd usb--zip in the BIOS Does that mean it just doesn't support it??????????????????

Floor5　4469656	Posted 2003-08-18 00:00
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Explain it more clearly! Issue 15 of Computer Enthusiast talked about how to turn a USB flash drive into drive A: I still can't understand it

Floor6　cn_archer	Posted 2003-08-18 00:00
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You need at least an 845D or newer motherboard to support USB flash drive booting, or you can try upgrading the BIOS yourself, maybe it will help.

Floor7　playboy2925	Posted 2003-08-18 00:00
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If you're going to flash the BIOS, then you'd better use a floppy.

Floor8　wooyou99	Posted 2003-08-18 00:00
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The moderator should pick out the best boot disk. Recommend it for everyone to use

Floor9　savioler	Posted 2003-08-19 00:00
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As long as the BIOS supports it, it's fine. My ASUS kt133a can do it too.

Floor10　sunbinjin	Posted 2003-08-19 00:00
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Then what if my USB flash drive itself isn't bootable?

Floor11　wutao1	Posted 2003-08-20 00:00
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USB flash drives are definitely supported, the problem is you have to format it into the form of an A: drive, use the umsd tool to format it into FDD format. (If formatting under xp, please create the directory XP_Bootable under C Then go online and download a boot disk IMG, and use winimage to extract it to the USB flash drive (if you have a boot disk you can also copy it in from a floppy, but command.com and io.sys have to be copied first) ****haha ha, when you boot from it, it's a 128Mb floppy disk, haha)

Floor12　笑傲江湖	Posted 2003-09-12 00:00
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USB flash drive boot: 1、Hardware support 2、BIOS support 3、USB Disk support

Floor13　MLD	Posted 2003-09-12 00:00
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USB flash drive boot: 1. Hardware (motherboard) support 2. BIOS support 3. USB (USB flash drive) support

Floor14　swordj	Posted 2003-09-13 00:00
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Can a non-bootable USB flash drive work too? I haven't tried it, and where can I download umsd tool?

Floor15　swordj	Posted 2003-09-13 00:00
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Also, it seems my Patriot USB flash drive came with a tool of its own

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