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Desktop Management Guide Creating a Bootable Device Supported USB Flash Media Device Supported devices, such as an HP Drive Key or a DiskOnKey, 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 20). Ä 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: ■ a supported USB flash media device ■ 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.) ■ a 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. 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 Yes (Y) to enable large disk support. Desktop Management Guide www.hp.com 17