HP Dc5700 HP Compaq dc5700 Business PC Service Reference Guide, 1st Edition - Page 42

Desktop Management 10. At the A:\ prompt, enter FORMAT /S X: where X represents the drive letter noted before. Ä CAUTION: Be sure that you have entered the correct drive letter for the USB flash media device. FORMAT will display one or more warnings and ask you each time whether you want to proceed. Enter Y each time. FORMAT will format the USB flash media device, add the system files, and ask for a Volume Label. 11. Press Enter for no label or enter one if desired. 12. Copy any files you saved in step 9 back to your USB flash media device. 13. Remove the diskette and reboot the computer. The computer will boot to the USB flash media device as drive C. ✎ The default boot order varies from computer to computer, and it can be changed in the Computer Setup (F10) Utility. If you have used a DOS version from Windows 9x, you may see a brief Windows logo screen. If you do not want this screen, add a zero-length file named LOGO.SYS to the root directory of the USB flash media device. Return to "Copying to Multiple Computers." Unsupported USB Flash Media Device To create a bootable USB flash media device, you must have: ■ USB flash media device. ■ 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.) ■ PC that is bootable from a USB flash media device. Ä CAUTION: Some older PCs may not be bootable 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. 1. If there are any PCI cards in the system that have SCSI, ATA RAID, or SATA drives attached, turn off the computer and unplug the power cord. Ä CAUTION: The power cord MUST be unplugged. 2. Open the computer and remove the PCI cards. 3. 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. Close the computer cover. 4. Plug in the power cord and turn on the computer. 5. As soon as the computer is turned on, press F10 when the monitor light turns green to enter Computer Setup. Press Enter to bypass the title screen, if necessary. ✎ If you do not press F10 at the appropriate time, you must restart the computer and again press F10 when the monitor light turns green to access the utility. 3-14 437804-001 Service Reference Guide, dc5700