Re: Boot Disk


> Greg Maxey wrote:
>
>> How do I create a boot disk for WindowsXP so that when the machine boots
>> it will load USB drivers? I need to be able to see my external USB
>> connected hard drive in the event I must do a restore to the operating
>> system following "a future" hard drive failure . When I use the option
>> to format a floopy disk as an MS Startup Disk, it does boot the PC with
>> the A\: line showing, but I can't change directories to one of the CD ROM
>> drives or the external drives. If I type Dir, I get a list of the files
>> on the A:\, but no other standard DOS commands will function.
>>
>> I am not very savvy in this area, but I think I am missing "drivers"? I
>> need a boot disk that will boot the PC, let me start a recovery progam on
>> a CD Rom Drive and load drivers make the USB drive visible.
>>
>> Can this be done? How? Thanks so much.


"Rock" <rock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Check in the BIOS to enable legacy USB support.
>
> --
> Rock
> MS MVP Windows - Shell/User


Greg:
There is no way that I'm aware of to create a DOS-based boot disk that will
detect a connected USB external hard drive. I'm at a loss to understand
Rock's suggestion re this issue.

Your reference to "drivers" as they relate to a USB device in this context
has no relevance.

I assume from the description of your objective that you have, or want to
have, a USB external hard drive containing a "clone" of your internal HD so
that in the event of a failure of that latter HD you could use the USBEHD to
restore your system. Is that it?

If so, the only way that I'm aware of to use the EHD in that fashion would
be to "re:clone" the contents of that device back to a functional HD. This
could be done through a disk imaging program such as Norton Ghost or Acronis
True Image.

I should add that a poster to this NG stated that he used a program called
DUSE in conjunction with a DOS bootup floppy disk that *could* access a
USBEHD. I, however, was unable to achieve any success with that program. You
can do a Google search on it if you're interested.
Anna


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