Creating a Dos USB stick

inogen · 27 Apr 2011 at 16:06

Hiya.

Giving me a bit of ballache this...

Using the HP USB Disk Format Storage Tool I can create what should be a bootable DOS USB drive.

All looks good after the couple of hours formatting.

Though when I try to boot from it I get an error :

"Remove disks or other media. Press any key to retry"

I've googled the error. Only advice I can find is to format the USB stick as FAT rather than FAT32.

The USB stick is 8GB though and too big for FAT according to the HP.

There's an SSD on a marvel controller and a sata DVD and HD on a JMicron controller attached. I'm think I'm right in believing the error isn't asking me to remove these disks!

Any advice?

inogen · 27 Apr 2011 at 16:44

robinbredin said:
Found this here, It might be of some good to you,

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/46707-ms-dos-bootable-flash-drive-create.html

Thanks for that.

Unfortunately, as one so often finds, great minds think alike and this is the exact guide I followed using the software downloaded from the links on that page.

Is there no light at the end of this murky tunnel?

inogen · 27 Apr 2011 at 16:45

PhillyDee said:
Partition it first?

I have tried making a bootable usb key, and every single time I have failed.

Hmmm...

I'll try that.

inogen · 27 Apr 2011 at 16:57

Right - cracked it.

Only seems to work if you tell the HP software to do a "quick format".

It takes seconds, rather than the hours it takes if you don't tick that box - and it actually works.

FAT32 is fine.

V Cool.