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Old 27-06-2007, 09:12 AM   #1 (permalink)
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hello
is there any way to use usb pen drive as floppy drive specially when booting
as for cd may be emulated as floppy when using it 98 startup disk
plz let me know
all i want to do is back my xp installation & floppy is asked at the end
since they r not much durable any solution

& i cant convert my c: from ntfs to fat32 using partition magic 8
a task is scheduled for the purpose but nothing happens
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Old 27-06-2007, 10:27 AM   #2 (permalink)
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hello
is there any way to use usb pen drive as floppy drive specially when booting
as for cd may be emulated as floppy when using it 98 startup disk
plz let me know
all i want to do is back my xp installation & floppy is asked at the end
since they r not much durable any solution

& i cant convert my c: from ntfs to fat32 using partition magic 8
a task is scheduled for the purpose but nothing happens
1. You can make Pen Drive Bootable but you cannot emulate it as Floopy AFAIK.
2. Download Ultimate Boot CD or Hiren Disk. Use thse Boot Disks and try to convert using Dos based Partition Managers
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Old 27-06-2007, 04:25 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Default Re: pen drive as floppy

I think a certain Linux distro(can't remember which one), stored on a pen drive, can work similar to a bootable startup disk. Dunno if something similar can be done with any versions of Windows.
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I think a certain Linux distro(can't remember which one), stored on a pen drive, can work similar to a bootable startup disk. Dunno if something similar can be done with any versions of Windows.
Yes, like i said....you can make Pen Drive bootable with Dos, Linux and there is Warez version of XP for Bootable USB
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and there is Warez version of XP for Bootable USB
yes, but believe me they don't work.
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hi sukhdeep
plz tell me hoe to make the pen drive bootable in dos
will be very thankful to u
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hey buddy it said windows format utility. wat does it do?
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It depends on your mobo. Some mobos support pen drive booting and some don't. Refer to ur manual.
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thank man hope that wd work
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thank man hope that wd work
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yes, but believe me they don't work.
It does ! if done properly !
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That worked & it was fabulous
thanks a lot
one more thing
now a days floppies are hard to be kept for long so use a image creator to backup ur floppy
any way thanks

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No problem bro, You seem to be busy guy......reply after months
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