Make Flashdrive Bootable !

[J A M]

Does anybody know how to make a flashdrive bootable. I have iso bootable images but doesn't know how to mount on flashdrive to make it bootable.

[J A M]

Please tell me whatever u know. May be i can derive any idea through this.

[Fookie]

Im on dial up so i dont have the time and bandwidth to search


BUT LET ME REMIND U: theres a thread on wccfteh.com about Windows XP USB edition. Search for it!

[J A M]

Originally Posted by Fookie

Im on dial up so i dont have the time and bandwidth to search

BUT LET ME REMIND U: theres a thread on wccfteh.com about Windows XP USB edition. Search for it!

Can't find any thread .....

[Fookie]

http://blog.tmcnet.com/blog/tom-keating/gadgets/boot-windows-xp-via-usb-key.asp




Buy it-
Or download it "legally" !

[Ice Man]

i can tell u how to make a usb drive bootable into Windows 98 DOS

download this software
http://files.extremeoverclocking.com/file.php?f=197

then download the win 98 DOS files from:
http://www.cdrom-drivers.com/drivers/9/9882.htm
the filename is "win98boot.zip" if you can't download it from here just google it and you'll get another source

install the hp utility, unzip the dos files in a folder, connect ur flash drive and run the hp utility, choose ms-dos bootable, give it the location of the files that u unzipped


you know something that might be worth trying is to extract the iso files using win-rar into a folder and then trying the hp utility with those files. my flash drive is at a friends place so i haven't been able to try this

[J A M]

Originally Posted by Fookie

http://blog.tmcnet.com/blog/tom-keating/gadgets/boot-windows-xp-via-usb-key.asp

Buy it-
Or download it "legally" !

I installed PE builder, it doesn't detect my flash drive. I think it only makes bootable cds. Also it doesn't support other iso images.

Originally Posted by Ice Man

i can tell u how to make a usb drive bootable into Windows 98 DOS

download this software
http://files.extremeoverclocking.com/file.php?f=197

then download the win 98 DOS files from:
http://www.cdrom-drivers.com/drivers/9/9882.htm
the filename is "win98boot.zip" if you can't download it from here just google it and you'll get another source

install the hp utility, unzip the dos files in a folder, connect ur flash drive and run the hp utility, choose ms-dos bootable, give it the location of the files that u unzipped


you know something that might be worth trying is to extract the iso files using win-rar into a folder and then trying the hp utility with those files. my flash drive is at a friends place so i haven't been able to try this

I extracted iso images but HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool shows error There are no valid dos system files at specified location.

I have iso images . I want to mount them on flash drive and make flashdrive bootable. Is there any way....????

[Fookie]

errrr- Just download XP usb from torrents and then copy the contents to ur USB !!!!






and Ice Man, does boooting into DOS with the usb make the usb "readable" in DOS?

[J A M]

Originally Posted by Fookie

errrr- Just download XP usb from torrents and then copy the contents to ur USB !!!!

and Ice Man, does boooting into DOS with the usb make the usb "readable" in DOS?

No i don't want to boot xp, I have already xp cd for this purpose. All i want is boot from iso images which are .......
First is norton ghost cd image (small 2mb image to access norton ghost in dos)
Second is windows keyinterpriese image. ( to bypass window pasword).

Now i want to mount them on flash drive ......is there any hope.

[Ice Man]

J A M
i would recommend using a cd-rw and a multi boot creator for that purpose

yes the flash drive is readable in DOS

J A M check if norton ghost is DOS based, if it is, then just make the DOS bootable usb, extract the norton iso into a folder on the usb and boot into that and start the application from withing dos prompt, same goes for the windows key...
btw i've tested the following software to remove windows vista / xp passwords
http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/bootdisk.html

some additional links
http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password.htm
http://www.petri.co.il/forums/showthread.php?t=14622

[J A M]

@Ice Man . CD rw , multi boot.....Yeah may be if usb doesn't work but first preference is usb.
Yeah the Norton ghost is dos based . I have NTFS partitions, so the main problem is that these partitions are not accessible in dos.( may be accessible in dos 7 or higher), so no use of using dos anymore. I want norton ghost to boot and load automatically in dos.
When i had FAt32 it was very easy procedure, pressing F8 and go into command prompt and dos. Then go to location of Norton ghost and run it manually.....very easy one.
Now i can't use dos ......May be dos 7 can solve the problem.