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Creating a Bootable Device

Supported USB Flash Media Device

Supported devices, such as an HP Drive Key, have a preinstalled

image to simplify the process of making them bootable. If the USB

flash media device being used does not have this image, use the

procedure later in this section (see “Unsupported USB Flash Media

Device” on page 13).

CAUTION: Not all computers can be booted from a USB flash media

device. If the default boot order in the Computer Setup (F10) Utility lists

the USB device before the hard drive, the computer can be booted from a

USB flash media device. Otherwise, a bootable diskette must be used.

To create a bootable USB flash media device, you must have:

■ an HP Business Desktop dx5150 Series - Microtower, Small

Form Factor, or Slim Tower.

Depending on the individual BIOS, future systems may also

support booting to a USB flash media device.

■ a 256MB HP Drive Key II storage module.

■ A bootable DOS diskette with the FDISK and SYS programs. If

SYS is not available, FORMAT may be used, but all existing files

on the USB flash media device will be lost.

1. Turn off the computer.

2. Insert the USB flash media device into one of the computer's

USB ports and remove all other USB storage devices except USB

diskette drives.

3. Insert a bootable DOS diskette with FDISK.COM and either

SYS.COM or FORMAT.COM into a diskette drive and turn on

the computer to boot to the DOS diskette.

4. Run FDISK from the A:\ prompt by typing

FDISK and pressing

Enter. If prompted, click Ye s (Y) to enable large disk support.