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Requirements
* A computer with a BIOS that allows for booting from a USB port.
I used a Dell Optiplex GX260 that has a Phoenix ROM BIOS Plus version 1.10
revision A05.
* Utilities with the ability to create a master boot record, create partitions,
set active partitions, and format and transfer boot files to the active partition
I used the DOS FDISK and FORMAT that are on the Windows 98 CD.
Directions
Why?? fdisk does not allow for a partition to be set as ACTIVE (bootable) unless
it is the first drive. It is most likely that your hard drive(s) is set as the
first drive. This needs to be changed.
How?? Setting your USB drive to be the first in the drive sequence can be done by
following ONE of the methods below. No matter which method you follow, the
computer MUST be booted with the USB drive plugged in into the computer. Take a
note of how the options that you are about to change were set before, as they will
need to be changed back later.
* Boot the computer from the boot floppy/CD into the command prompt with the USB
Drive plugged in.
* Run fdisk
* Use fdisk's "Set Active Partition" (option 2) to set the primary partition on
the USB Drive to ACTIVE.
This step assumes that a primary partition already exists on the USB Drive. If
this is not the case, use fdisk to create one. As noted in step # 1, fdisk will
not allow for setting the the partition to ACTIVE unless the drive the partition
is on is the FIRST in the drive sequence.
* Exit fdisk.
* Reboot the computer from boot floppy/CD into the command prompt with the USB
Drive plugged in.
* Restart the computer and choose booting from the USB Drive. If all goes well,
you should see a C:
> command prompt.
* Change the computer settings back to what they were before step # 1.