27-06-2007, 09:12 AM
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pen drive as floppy
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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27-06-2007, 10:27 AM
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Re: pen drive as floppy
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Originally Posted by liquid_snake
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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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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27-06-2007, 04:25 PM
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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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27-06-2007, 05:24 PM
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Re: pen drive as floppy
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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.
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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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27-06-2007, 07:05 PM
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Re: pen drive as floppy
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and there is Warez version of XP for Bootable USB
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yes, but believe me they don't work.
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16-07-2007, 07:47 PM
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Re: pen drive as floppy
hi sukhdeep
plz tell me hoe to make the pen drive bootable in dos
will be very thankful to u
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16-07-2007, 08:54 PM
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Re: pen drive as floppy
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Originally Posted by liquid_snake
hi sukhdeep
plz tell me hoe to make the pen drive bootable in dos
will be very thankful to u
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Download here : http://www.mediafire.com/?7wwkitwd7cr
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16-07-2007, 10:42 PM
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Re: pen drive as floppy
hey buddy it said windows format utility. wat does it do?
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16-07-2007, 10:44 PM
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Re: pen drive as floppy
It depends on your mobo. Some mobos support pen drive booting and some don't. Refer to ur manual.
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18-07-2007, 11:44 AM
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Re: pen drive as floppy
thank man hope that wd work
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18-07-2007, 02:21 PM
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Re: pen drive as floppy
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thank man hope that wd work
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RU talking 2 me?
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18-07-2007, 03:02 PM
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Re: pen drive as floppy
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Originally Posted by shirish_nagar
yes, but believe me they don't work. 
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It does !  if done properly !
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24-08-2007, 05:09 PM
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Re: pen drive as floppy
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Originally Posted by sukhdeepsinghkohli
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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
Last edited by liquid_snake; 24-08-2007 at 05:18 PM.
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24-08-2007, 06:21 PM
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Re: pen drive as floppy
No problem bro, You seem to be busy guy......reply after months
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