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dalecheesy wrote:You could download an ms-dos boot disc image, burn it to a cd then after its booted to ms-dos change the destination to your usb drive.

cheers for info
could you point me in the right direction please
thx leeds

Go to bootdisk.com and download one of the dos bootable images (i think the windows 98 one will be good to grab) then follow the instructions (or type in cd ms-dos discs in google) when you get to the D:\ prompt type B:\ (or whatever corresponds to your usb) then follow the standard iprep commands.

dalecheesy wrote:Go to bootdisk.com and download one of the dos bootable images (i think the windows 98 one will be good to grab) then follow the instructions (or type in cd ms-dos discs in google) when you get to the D:\ prompt type B:\ (or whatever corresponds to your usb) then follow the standard iprep commands.

cheers again does it matter that im running xp pro using windows 98?
ill give it ago and let you know
many thx again
leeds

no as you're only going to use it to boot up dos from (same as using an ms-dos start up floppy) good luck. ps if the D:\ prompt changes to B:\ you could type in dir and the usb stick files should show on screen.

if you have a new mobo that does not even have a floppy port on it
then it will boot from a usb you just have to work it out

CoFree wrote:if you have a new mobo that does not even have a floppy port on it
then it will boot from a usb you just have to work it out

hi
the motherboard is abt 3 years old ive been in bios out of bios still no joy booting from usb , ive tryed making a boot disk but when it extracting its asking fo a floppy drive ,
any other suggestions would be great
many thx leeds

Pm'd you.

many thx for the pms ive now managed to boot the disk up my usb is named G drive so when the prompt comes up i put the letter g in press enter and this comes up (bad command or file name)
any ideas what im doing wrong
many thx again leeds

You may find that although it shows up as drive G in windows it might be recognised as B in dos. You also need to type the :\ after you type in the letter. So it would be B:\ (or whatever corresponds to your usb drive, might be a bit of trial and error. You'll know if its changed as the D:\ or A:\ prompt will change then type dir and press enter the usb files will show up.

dalecheesy wrote:You may find that although it shows up as drive G in windows it might be recognised as B in dos. You also need to type the :\ after you type in the letter. So it would be B:\ (or whatever corresponds to your usb drive, might be a bit of trial and error. You'll know if its changed as the D:\ or A:\ prompt will change then type dir and press enter the usb files will show up.

sorry for being a pain but ive tryed a few letters and thers really only 1 that keeps coming up with a error its B and the error is (seek error reading) could this mean thats theres no drive there but when i put a different letter in this never comes up, or have i not installed the files right on the usb, or is the usb no good, ive been in the usb and all the files seem to be there.
ive added a screen shot of the usb if thats ok
cheers again leeds

Try the usb in another slot (i tend to use the back ones on the motherboard for anything important as i tend to find the front extension ones a bit buggy at times)

dalecheesy wrote:Try the usb in another slot (i tend to use the back ones on the motherboard for anything important as i tend to find the front extension ones a bit buggy at times)

cheers again m8
ive tryed every usb port ive got and still no joy , have you any ideas what i could be doing wrong
cheers leeds

Think thats most of the things exhausted. Have you enabled usb legacy devices in your bios? Whats the model number of your motherboard and i'll have a hunt and see if theres a bios update for it?

Pm'd you again. Try typing dir B: (without the \ and a space between the dir and the B) when you get to the prompt after msdos boots to see if it can access your usb stick before changing the destination letter. If it still can't try formatting it in standard Fat through windows (as opposed to Fat32 which iprep uses) and stick a couple of files on (doesn't matter what) and try again.
Also are you using a smallish stick (2 gb or under) as they're the best ones to use.

I refuse to be beaten..haha

dalecheesy wrote:Think thats most of the things exhausted. Have you enabled usb legacy devices in your bios? Whats the model number of your motherboard and i'll have a hunt and see if theres a bios update for it?

Pm'd you again. Try typing dir B: (without the \ and a space between the dir and the B) when you get to the prompt after msdos boots to see if it can access your usb stick before changing the destination letter. If it still can't try formatting it in standard Fat through windows (as opposed to Fat32 which iprep uses) and stick a couple of files on (doesn't matter what) and try again.

I refuse to be beaten..haha

ill give it ago m8 just tryed the way u said in the pm no joy , ill be back in a min either way
thx again leeds

leeds1970 wrote:

dalecheesy wrote:Think thats most of the things exhausted. Have you enabled usb legacy devices in your bios? Whats the model number of your motherboard and i'll have a hunt and see if theres a bios update for it?

Pm'd you again. Try typing dir B: (without the \ and a space between the dir and the B) when you get to the prompt after msdos boots to see if it can access your usb stick before changing the destination letter. If it still can't try formatting it in standard Fat through windows (as opposed to Fat32 which iprep uses) and stick a couple of files on (doesn't matter what) and try again.

I refuse to be beaten..haha

ill give it ago m8 just tryed the way u said in the pm no joy , ill be back in a min either way
thx again leeds

hello again
this is what it said when i did it the above way
volume in A no label
volume serial number is 2a87-6ces
directory of A:/
file not found
888,832 bytes free
cheers again
leeds

yes im using a small memoory stick