Booting from a USB thumb drive.

[joeyg2391]

Hi,

I'm trying to get my XP PRO Bootup DVD with all my applications to run from a usb 1 gig drive. My motherboard supports USB boot up options(MSI NEO PLATINUM). I tried this guide http://www.weethet.nl/english/hardware_bootfromusbstick.php and after completion i just dumped all the files on my DVD and booted the computer. It would not read the USB drive. Is there something i'm missing or did wrong.

Thanks

[Jaco...]

Well... the problem seems to be that there's no way to make the usb flash to boot if the partition is bigger than 1.44MB... I've tried with several ways ( http://www.hiren.info/downloads/files/usb_format.zip , HP Drive Boot Utility and WinImage ) and I've only managed to boot from USB if the partition is FAT and 1.44MB...

I'm still looking for a solution...