Verify if Windows is indeed formatting the right drive! Usually it should show " Format 3½ Floppy (A:)". Open the Windows Explorer and right click the A: drive.Ĭhoose " Format." from the upcoming popup menu.Ī window appears with some option: Check the option " Create an MS-DOS startup disk". In all current Windows versions (including Windows 2000 and XP) we can do that by formatting a floppy disk. Option 1 - Using a floppy disk formatted in Windowsīefore we can make a USB device bootable (specifically refering to USB thumbdrives!), we do need to get our hands on a bootable floppy. Bootsectors can be found on all bootable media (harddisk, floopy disk, CDRom, etc). They contain information for the BIOS to be able to start from this device. The simple explanation is this: When the PC starts, the BIOS will scan the indicated storage devices and look for these bootsectors. To be able to boot rom a device we need so called bootsectors. Note: helpful resources can be found here:, Nu2 (Bart's bootable Windows XP), and How to make a USB bootable FlashDrive with/for Linux. Kijk of jouw PC dit kan door te kijken welke BIOS instellingen beschikbaar zijn. Tip: niet alle PC's zijn instaat van een USB disk te starten. ![]() We willen deze drive voorbereiden vanuit iedere gewenste Windows versie (Ik deed het met Windows XP), d.m.v. In dit artikel focussen we dus op een dergelijke thumbdrive. Maar helemaal vlekkeloss en eenvoudig is dit niet. ![]() Meer en meer PC's staan het toe van een dergelijke thumbdrive te starten. We'd like to use one of those to boot our PC from. One of these devices is the Thumbdrive, keychange disk, USB pen, etc however you want to call them. ![]() For more details, please read this article. USB - Universal Serial Bus - is a standard for connecting additional equipment to your computer, like printers, scanners, webcam's, digital camera's, keyboards, mouse, harddisks, etc. WeetHet is being updated! - Current articles will slowly move to For excellent webhosting that is reliable and affordable, we highly recommend: LiquidWeb
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