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DOS启动盘 & LOGO技术（启动盘室） » Let's talk about our experience using flash drive boot methods.

Floor1　sun_lixin	Posted 2003-09-29 00:00
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I think booting from a USB flash drive is very good; all kinds of utility software can be put on it at any time for use, which is very convenient. Nowadays most motherboard BIOSes basically support booting in usb-zip.usb-hdd. mode. I think it's even better than booting from CD.

Floor2　ls25145	Posted 2004-02-14 00:00
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So how do you make a USB drive into a boot disk? I've searched the forum for a long time and still couldn't find it.

Floor3　Kinglion	Posted 2004-02-14 00:00
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There should be a boot disk creation tool on your USB drive's driver disc, please look carefully.

Floor4　MYS	Posted 2004-02-14 00:00
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I think each has its own strengths. For USB drive booting, the USB drive itself also has to support booting. I personally prefer booting from CD, then loading the USB drive to exchange data. If the USB drive itself supports booting, it seems that simply formatting it as a boot disk will do.

Floor5　ls25145	Posted 2004-02-15 00:00
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Too bad, the boot disk creation tool that came with my USB drive can only be used under 98.

Floor6　MYS	Posted 2004-02-15 00:00
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No problem. After making it once in 98, later you can just directly modify the files on it and it can become all kinds of system disks, much more convenient than floppies.

Floor7　ls25145	Posted 2004-02-17 00:00
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It's already done. Thank you, everyone!

Floor8　firefox73	Posted 2004-02-17 00:00
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Could I trouble you to provide the GHO image file of your USB drive?? Thanks.

Floor9　yeah	Posted 2004-02-17 00:00
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Hehe... we've talked quite a bit, but still no image file release in sight.

Floor10　ls25145	Posted 2004-02-19 00:00
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Actually it's very simple to make Under 98, choose the format option that copies system files and format the USB drive. After formatting is finished, there should be 4 files on the USB drive (including hidden files): Io.sys ,msdos.sys,command.com,drvspace.bin Then just change the BIOS to boot from USB-HDD or USB-ZIP

Floor11　xecniw	Posted 2004-02-20 00:00
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After I boot with a DOS 7.1 boot disk and detect the USB drive, I just format it directly.

Floor12　Ian	Posted 2004-03-25 00:00
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xecniw: What a good method! Mine was a bit dumb—I found a friend who was still using winme and had him make a bootable USB drive for me, hehe!

Floor13　xlcz	Posted 2004-04-03 00:00
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Method for making a USB boot disk under WIN2K/XP: 1. First disable the floppy drive in Device Manager 2. Turn on the USB-FDD switch on a floppy-disk-like device that supports USB drive booting, then connect it to the computer, and the computer will treat the USB drive as drive A or B 3. Just find any bootable dos image file and use tools like Floppy Image to write it to the USB drive

Floor14　yxp	Posted 2004-04-27 00:00
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Where can I find the "just find any bootable dos image file" mentioned by the poster above? It has something to do with the size of the USB drive, right?