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Using Flash (Thumb) Drive via Floppy Boot Disk
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Has anyone used a flash drive ("thumb" drive) after booting a computer using a floppy boot disk (A: drive)? Note: Windows is not launched. I want to transfer "stuff" from C: drive to the flash drive. Thanks in advance, Brad Before you type your password, credit card number, etc., be sure there is no active keystroke logger (spyware) in your PC. |
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Using Flash (Thumb) Drive via Floppy Boot Disk
You're talking about a DOS OS, and I don't think they make drivers for flash
drives to support DOS. Thus, you would need to find a different operating system that can boot from a CD and support flash drives. (I don't think anyone has a floppy-based system that supports flash drives, but I may be wrong.) Off the top of my head (which doesn't remember much these days), I know of one such OS: BartPE http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/ Without the long web page of explanations: http://www.snapfiles.com/get/bartpe.html -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User www.grystmill.com "Brad" wrote in message ... Hi, Has anyone used a flash drive ("thumb" drive) after booting a computer using a floppy boot disk (A: drive)? Note: Windows is not launched. I want to transfer "stuff" from C: drive to the flash drive. Thanks in advance, Brad Before you type your password, credit card number, etc., be sure there is no active keystroke logger (spyware) in your PC. |
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Using Flash (Thumb) Drive via Floppy Boot Disk
"Gary S. Terhune" wrote: You're talking about a DOS OS, and I don't think they make drivers for flash drives to support DOS. Thus, you would need to find a different operating system that can boot from a CD and support flash drives. (I don't think anyone has a floppy-based system that supports flash drives, but I may be wrong.) Off the top of my head (which doesn't remember much these days), I know of one such OS: BartPE http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/ Without the long web page of explanations: http://www.snapfiles.com/get/bartpe.html -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User www.grystmill.com "Brad" wrote in message ... Hi, Has anyone used a flash drive ("thumb" drive) after booting a computer using a floppy boot disk (A: drive)? Note: Windows is not launched. I want to transfer "stuff" from C: drive to the flash drive. Thanks in advance, Brad Before you type your password, credit card number, etc., be sure there is no active keystroke logger (spyware) in your PC. There are actually Dos USB drivers. try the Old Files network. |
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