How to boot in DOS?

[Flash]

Hi.
I need to boot in dos to update my HDD firmware, but I cannot find any good solutions. I found this thread, but the link is no longer valid
http://club.myce.com/f86/bootable-dos-cd-avaible-here-970-kb-102301/

I would also need NTFS support because my firmware is on my HDD

 

[brandonwh64]

Use a thumb drive with HP Drive Key Boot Utility and A floppy image from http://www.bootdisk.com/

 

[JrRacinFan]

http://www.techpowerup.com/articles//overclocking/vidcard/34/5

Gives you all the information. Just place your firmware on the USB drive also.

Good ol' firmware flash for the 7200.11 drives. .. .

Gotta love it.

 

[Flash]

http://www.techpowerup.com/articles//overclocking/vidcard/34/5

Gives you all the information. Just place your firmware on the USB drive also.

Good ol' firmware flash for the 7200.11 drives. .. .

Gotta love it.

That does not work. The create an MS-DOS startup disk is greyed out.

Use a thumb drive with HP Drive Key Boot Utility and A floppy image from http://www.bootdisk.com/

I do not have an HD flash drive?... And what is the floppy image for?

 

[JrRacinFan]

That does not work. The create an MS-DOS startup disk is greyed out.



I do not have an HD flash drive?... And what is the floppy image for?

Floppy image; To get the needed files to boot into DOS.

You must format in fat16 or fat32. If you attempt to format in NTFS It probably would be greyed out. Sorry I really can't help further other than this. . . . .

http://www.bootdisk.com/pendrive.htm Try out method 5.

 

[brandonwh64]

I do not have an HD flash drive?... And what is the floppy image for?

You dont need a HP flash drive, any flash drive will do but make sure you format it to fat 32

 

[Flash]

Thanks for the reply.
I actually found ultra boot cd from here: http://www.ultrabootcd.com/

Used their instructions to make a bootable USB http://www.ultrabootcd.com/howto.htm.

Now, is this the correct boot menu to run my firmware (see screenshot)?
I'm a bit hesitant since it says Windows 98, and the UBD folder has 1 extra parent folder when I extracted it (like they said in the readme for USB)
So instead of H:\UBD\Bin it's H:\UBD\UBD\Bin.

I was under the impression it should've been DOS. So I didn't run the wdidle3 yet like it shows on that screenshot. I don't want to mess up my HDD :/

Here is the readme .txt

This file contain instructionts to create your own USB bootable Flash Drive.

1. First Plug your USB Flash Drive in to Computer.
2. Run the the USB Format utility which is in Format folder.
3. Selcet the Option "Create DOS Bootable Disk" and Select the "BFiles" Folder System Files.
4. Click the Start button to Create the Bootable Disk.
5. Unzip the UBD file in to USB Drive root. Do not unzip in to any other folders you have created.
6. For example the Files Should be "H:\UBD\Bin" assume H: as your Flash Drive.
7. Now Your ready to use the flash drive to boot your computer from it.
8. In Bios Please selct the proper boot order to boot from Flash Drive

P.S. The firmware is the W3Idle from Western Digital since apparently their HDD's have the unload cycle every 8 seconds, and besides wearing out, it makes the annoying click sound every 5-8 seconds. Read it can be used for any WD HDD's, so I want to use it on my laptop 160GB WD Scorpio Blue

 

[JrRacinFan]

That is correct screen!

 

[FordGT90Concept]

I would also need NTFS support because my firmware is on my HDD

Windows XP Startup disk. It will require a floppy drive. If you need the files, I can attach them to a future post.


Edit: Nevermind, looks like you got it.

 

[Flash]

Thanks