How do I create a bootable flash drive?

forumlulz · Mar 8, 2009, 05:23 PM

Hey, I am looking for assistance with creating a bootable flash drive out of my 1GB Nano. I could really use some help. I have an old Dell Inspiron 1100 with no CDROM drive. I've Googled and have only found a few leads but they're not very good.

http://ezinearticles.com/?How-to-Cre...ive&id=1484353
http://ezinearticles.com/?Bootable-U...hem&id=1413135

I just want to do this low-level and dirty (if you will). The goal would be to place XP Pro (in order to install on the laptop) onto the drive along with Active@'s Password Recovery tool (both of which I have).

Any help is greatly appreciated!

forumlulz · Mar 8, 2009, 09:07 PM

So...yeah, anyone?

alexp999 · Mar 8, 2009, 09:08 PM

From all my searching, this is by far the best article IMO, so much so it is in my sig!

http://www.bay-wolf.com/usbmemstick.htm

forumlulz · Mar 8, 2009, 09:18 PM

I usually create bootable CD-R's but that's not useful in this case. I have the files needed to make a bootable CD-R from an ISO image. Can I just create the ISO and then somehow write it to the iPod?

I've downloaded HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool. I found that via another thread on this forum.

forumlulz · Mar 8, 2009, 09:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alexp999

From all my searching, this is by far the best article IMO, so much so it is in my sig!

http://www.bay-wolf.com/usbmemstick.htm

God dammit, man. Here, this is yours. You have earned it!

http://www.sallybernstein.com/food/c..._Cookie-20.jpg

*might you know how much space these files take up if one were to incorporate mouse, cdrom, and other support? The windows install is about 675MB.

Oi, now I need to find out what's best to do...just copy the i386 folder to the drive or...?

forumlulz · Mar 8, 2009, 10:12 PM

found this but not sure...trying now
http://www.sentire.co.uk/software/so...a-usb-pen.html

Conflict0s · Mar 8, 2009, 10:28 PM

Just some advice, not all pen drives you can boot from. I saw one review where a guy tried 8 pen drives (expensive and non expensive) and he found that the cheaper ones actually allowed you to boot from them.
Also you might want to have a look into "Mojo" for iPod, it isn’t really booting into an OS, and it is more going into an OS "Screen" from another OS. But word of warning, I found it not as fast as I wanted it to.

nepenthe · Mar 10, 2009, 01:42 AM

Not that I have tested, but this looks like it should do the trick.

http://komku.blogspot.com/2008/11/in...lash-disk.html

Enjoy!

Mar 8, 2009, 05:23 PM	#1
forumlulz Banned Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 19 (0.01/day) Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	How do I create a bootable flash drive? Hey, I am looking for assistance with creating a bootable flash drive out of my 1GB Nano. I could really use some help. I have an old Dell Inspiron 1100 with no CDROM drive. I've Googled and have only found a few leads but they're not very good. http://ezinearticles.com/?How-to-Cre...ive&id=1484353 http://ezinearticles.com/?Bootable-U...hem&id=1413135 I just want to do this low-level and dirty (if you will). The goal would be to place XP Pro (in order to install on the laptop) onto the drive along with Active@'s Password Recovery tool (both of which I have). Any help is greatly appreciated! Last edited by forumlulz; Mar 8, 2009 at 09:06 PM.

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Mar 8, 2009, 09:07 PM	#2
forumlulz Banned Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 19 (0.01/day) Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	So...yeah, anyone?

Mar 8, 2009, 09:18 PM	#4
forumlulz Banned Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 19 (0.01/day) Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I usually create bootable CD-R's but that's not useful in this case. I have the files needed to make a bootable CD-R from an ISO image. Can I just create the ISO and then somehow write it to the iPod? I've downloaded HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool. I found that via another thread on this forum.

Mar 8, 2009, 10:12 PM	#6
forumlulz Banned Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 19 (0.01/day) Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	found this but not sure...trying now http://www.sentire.co.uk/software/so...a-usb-pen.html

Mar 10, 2009, 01:42 AM	#8
nepenthe Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Maine Posts: 4 (0.00/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Not that I have tested, but this looks like it should do the trick. http://komku.blogspot.com/2008/11/in...lash-disk.html Enjoy!

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