Beeping Computer

[ghines]

Hi all,

I'm trying to create a WinPE boot 1GB USB flash drive but when I try to boot from it it does not boot and the PC just continually beeps. Here's what I did:-

The drive is 3/4 full of files and I have no room on my PC to copy the files off so I resized the partition using Acronis Disk Director so that partition 1 was 2GB primary and partition 2 the remaining space. Also a primary partition.

Ran the following commands from diskpart on partition 1

select partition 1

active

format fs=ntfs (also tried fat32 with the same result)

assign

copied the necessary files to partition 1

If I repeat the above with a 2GB flash drive (different partition sizes) it works OK. So my procedure is correct. However I'm missing something.

TIA

Greg

Edit: USB drive is 1TB NOT 1GB.

Edited December 17, 2011 by ghines

[Tripredacus]

What kind of beeps? Does it beep if you don't have the UFD plugged in?

Also, how big is your boot.wim?

[ghines]

What kind of beeps?

3 beeps per second and it's continual

Does it beep if you don't have the UFD plugged in?

No. Also, a 2GB flash drive with the same files on it boots OK on the same PC.

Also, how big is your boot.wim?

114,088,185 bytes

[Tripredacus]

Well it sounds like a problem with that particular drive then.

If it is an Intel board, 3 beeps means there is a memory error.

[ghines]

Sorry just noticed a typo in my original post. The USB drive is 1TB not 1 GB as orginally stated. Sorry

[Tripredacus]

Oh so a 1TB boot partition? It seems most BIOSes have a 128GB limit for a USB boot volume.

You should create a 1-2GB partition at the beginning of the drive to use as your WinPE. More infos here:

http://reboot.pro/11684/

[ghines]

Oh so a 1TB boot partition? It seems most BIOSes have a 128GB limit for a USB boot volume.

You should create a 1-2GB partition at the beginning of the drive to use as your WinPE. More infos here:

http://reboot.pro/11684/

Thank you Tripredacus.