USB Flash memory

[Karl]

My A: drive went out (I cuased it). Can I use a USB Flash Memory Drive to
replace the A: drive for boot ups?

 

[Nick Burns]

What do you do that you need to boot from floppy for...? Yes some Flash
Drives can be booted off of.

 

[Bob Harris]

It depends on your motherboard. Consult the MB manual for a list of
potential boot devices. If a USB flash drive is listed, then check the BIOS
setup to be sure that it is the first type of boot device, CD second, and
hard disk last.

However, be warned that some programs insist on a floppy or nothing to get
drivers. The classic example is the installation of XP itself for RAID
and/or SATA and/or SCSI.

 

[Jim Macklin]

You can buy a new floppy drive for just a few dollars, maybe
as little as $5 and not more than $20.

Any XP qualified system will boot from a CD-ROM which is
better for XP because if you are running NTFS a W98 boot
floppy won't read the hard drive. [Unless you get extra
software]




| It depends on your motherboard. Consult the MB manual for
a list of
| potential boot devices. If a USB flash drive is listed,
then check the BIOS
| setup to be sure that it is the first type of boot device,
CD second, and
| hard disk last.
|
| However, be warned that some programs insist on a floppy
or nothing to get
| drivers. The classic example is the installation of XP
itself for RAID
| and/or SATA and/or SCSI.
| | > My A: drive went out (I cuased it). Can I use a USB
Flash Memory Drive to
| > replace the A: drive for boot ups?
| >
| >
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