Creating a Bootable USB Flash Media Device

Requirements:

 A. A computer with USB ports and floppy drive (or an external USB floppy drive). 

 B. Microsoft Windows (Win 95 OSR2 or later) Startup diskette or DOS/FreeDOS Bootable 
    diskette with fdisk.exe and sys.com files on the diskette.

Procedure: 

NOTE:  Please read the following procedure completely before attempting to make the USB flash media device bootable.  If you are not comfortable with the steps, please do not attempt this procedure.  Data loss can result from improper execution.

 1. Turn off power to the computer.

 2. Insert the USB flash media device into any of the computer’s USB ports.
 
    **Note: Unplug all USB storage devices (except USB Floppy drive)
    connected to the system other than the USB flash media device that you 
    plan to make bootable.**

 3. Insert Startup diskette or DOS Bootable diskette into an attached USB floppy drive.

 4. Turn on power to the computer to boot from the Startup diskette.

 5. Run Fdisk from the "A:\" prompt by typing "Fdisk" and pressing Enter.

 6. If prompted, select Yes ("Y") to enable Large Disk support and
    answer "Yes" to any other questions that appear on the screen.

 7. Select option number "5" to show multiple drives in the system. Write 
    down the partition drive letter that has been assigned to the USB flash 
    media device.  The drive letter is required to complete step 9. The 
    drive letter should also display the respective capacity (in Megabytes) 
    of the USB flash media device.
 
    **IMPORTANT: Data loss can occur if the correct drive letter is not 
    noted.**

 8. Exit out of the Fdisk program by pressing the Esc key several times 
    until you are back to the "A:\" prompt.

 9. At the "A:\" prompt, type "Sys X:" where "X:" represents the drive letter 
    for the USB flash media device noted in Step 7 above.  Reconfirm that you 
    have entered the correct drive letter for the USB flash media device. If 
    confirmed, press Enter. You will then see the message "System transfer 
    successful" if successful.

    **IMPORTANT: Make sure you have typed the correct drive letter noted in 
    Step 7 or data loss can occur.**
 
 10. Remove the diskette and reboot the system. Do not remove the USB flash 
     media device from the port it was originally inserted into.
 
 11. The system will boot the USB flash media device as drive "C:" 

 12. Any of the supported systems can now be booted from this USB flash media 
     device.

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