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If you have a floppy drive then pop a Windows 98 Start-up disc into it and
point to a: when asked for the location of the DOS system files. You can
acquire an image of a Windows 98 Start-up floppy from here www.bootdisk.com
if you don't have one.
If you have no floppy drive then try this
http://chitchat.at.infoseek.co.jp/vmware/vfd.html#top to create a virtual
floppy drive that you can load an image of a Dos floppy into. You can get a
floppy image from
http://www.webtree.ca/newlife/downloads/Windows98.exe Run
the file and uncheck the option to Write to floppy (if you have no floppy
drive) select the option to Write Image and browse to a location to create
the image. The file will be a .IMZ file (or an image) of an enhanced Windows
98 Start-up file You can load the .IMZ into the virtual floppy and point to
it when prompted for "DOS system files" during the running the HP USB Disk
Storage Format Tool.
--
Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp
"mha" <na@na.na> wrote in message
news:u9UoVQgLFHA.2604@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> I am running the HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool from my Windows XP, and I
> get the following message when I want to create a DOS startup disk :
> "Missing location of DOS system files. DOS system files need to be
provided
> to make the specified device DOS-bootable"
>
> "Geoffw" <gwinnetSPAM@SPAMhotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:elpZ9KgLFHA.2748@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > win98 boot disk ?
> >
> > "mha" <na@na.na> wrote in message
> > news:OFc1fAgLFHA.2648@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> >> Nice, but it is asking for the DOS system files location?
> >>
> >>
> >> "dandi360" <dandi360@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> > message
> >> news:3E17370B-1944-48F1-978D-7AB02583ADAD@microsoft.com...
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > "mha" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Hi
> >> >>
> >> >> How can I make my USB storage bootable, so I can boot
> > up Windows XP in
> >> >> DOS
> >> >> mode. Such as with a bootable floppy in the old days.
> >> >>
> >> >> regards
> >> >> Morten
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> I found this excerpt on another site:
> >> >
> >> > "The USB must have a boot sector, so copying files to it
> > is not enough and
> >> > regular format/image tools simply do it incorrectly and
> > give it jacked up
> >> > boot sectors. The HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool is the
> > only thing I've
> >> > come
> >> > across that works on every USB every time (not just HP
> > stuff, everything,
> >> > even my canon camera).
> >> >
> > http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/files/hpcpqdt/us/download/20306.html"
> >> >
> >> > I haven't tested it yet but it sounds convincing!
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>