Making a USB Drive bootable...

I've been trying to do this for a small project here and I followed in instructions on this page.

I made a boot disk for XP and formatted the usb drive with fat and it simply doesn't work. I get this output on the last screen:

C:\Program Files\mkbt20>mkbt -c a: bootsect.bin
* Copy bootsector mode (-c)

C:\Program Files\mkbt20>mkbt -x bootsect.bin F:
* Expert mode (-x)
* Warning different filesystem ID
Size=0bytes OEM="*-v4VIHC" VolLabel="" FileSys="FAT16"

I don't know why it is referencing fat16, b/c I used fat.

Anybody have another suggestion or can you help me with this method?

Actually looking to get to the point of being able to have all the boot disks for Windows on a flash drive.

I'd try formatting with fat 16, and see what happens.

Try this utility from HP. Works even though you don't have an HP USB Key.

http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/files/hpcpqdt/us/download/20306.html

The hp link above is the only way I've gotten it to work. I use this utility for creating the network boot disks I need at work. Als its rerencing fat 16 because thats what you format if your format in fat. The other options are fat 12 used only for floppies and fat 32.

Know Nuttin said:

Try this utility from HP. Works even though you don't have an HP USB Key.

http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/files/hpcpqdt/us/download/20306.html

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Yep that utility rocks! I formatted my 512MB pen drive to fat32, boots right up.

Okay. Thanks guys! When Thanksgiving break is over, I will give it another shot.