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Boot Disk for USB JumpDrive

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by joe landwehr

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I have a W2K PC that has a corrupted OS thanks to numerous viruses and the actions of an uninformed user. I'd like to copy off data files to a Lexar USB JumpDRive before making any attempt to repair/reinstall the OS. Is a Boot disk available that would support the JumpDRive?

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by cg it

jumpdrive is just a removeable media storage like a CD or DVD or floppy. As long as the BIOS boot sequence is boot USB device and you have the DOS boot files, you can boot to a jumpdrive just as you can boot to a CD or DVD or floppy or zip drive.

by cg it

mine shows up as a USB Mass Storage device. My BIOS allows boot other / boot USB "other" which the jumpdrive is recognized as.

Now my Wise Flash Disk which is flash memory won't do this, but my jumpdrive will.

by thechas

It's not that simple.

Is the drive a NTFS volume?
If so, you will need software that allows you to access the file system.

One source is www.systeminternals.com

Another option is the Ultimate Boot CD:

http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/

It includes a NTFS reader. I did not see any USB drivers listed.

While Windows 2000 and XP handle thumb drives with ease, DOS does not.

You will need to see if Lexar offers a DOS mode driver and add it to the boot CD.

You may be able to configure the thumb drive as a boot device. You will still need NTFS reader software.

Chas

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