We use HP machines at work which allows USB media to act as a bootable system. Does anyone have any idea how I get the systems files from a FDD onto it so it is bootable ?

We are running windows 2000 at the moment but I have an FDD with the system and boot files a require.

Run a google search but none of the methods work for me

http://ucsu.colorado.edu/~shaher/Bootable_USB.html < Looks a bit of a bodge!

http://www.weethet.nl/english/hardware_bootfromusbstick.php < More useful

http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/5735 < link to HP utility

Microsoft info (but no how-to):

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/storage/usb-boot.mspx

Cheers bud..

The USB pen thingy I have has 2 drives on it. A floppy emulated drive that installs as B: and a big partition. My office PC boots quiet happily from the emulated floppy but not the bigger partition.

The USB pen thingy I have has 2 drives on it. A floppy emulated drive that installs as B: and a big partition. My office PC boots quiet happily from the emulated floppy but not the bigger partition.

What pen is that Mannyo ? And where did you get it from ?

BTW found this utility which works but installs as a c: drive

http://www.marlow.dk/tech/src/mbrtool.zip

Ivan, they are branded as "Hyperdrive" and on the box they seem to go upto 1GB in size, so you will get a 1.44MB B: drive and the rest available as a large partition. They also came with software to encrypt the data etc. already on the pen.

Ivan, they are branded as "Hyperdrive" and on the box they seem to go upto 1GB in size, so you will get a 1.44MB B: drive and the rest available as a large partition. They also came with software to encrypt the data etc. already on the pen.

Have you got a link please ?

These are them, come in different sizes

http://shopping.zdnet.co.uk/shopping/storage/memory-cards/0,20000306,20270087p,00.htm