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More info?)
thank you harry.
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"Harry Ohrn" <harry---@webtree.ca> wrote in message
news:%23enKFRQdFHA.3488@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
: You might be able to use a USB Thumb drive but only if your BIOS Supports
: reading USB devices
: it. You will have to set the USB Drive to emulate a floppy first. See this
: info that I posted to someone else but it should work for you as well.
:
: Use a USB Thumb drive. The benefit is that it is a physical drive and you
: will be able to open this drive before Windows loads. You will need to set
: it up to be recognized as a floppy drive. Read both pages here
:
http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1676
: You can create a bootable USB drive providing you have
: 1) BIOS that supports booting USB drive. You don't need the BIOS to boot
USB
: if you only want to use this for the password file
: 2) A tool that will correctly format the USB drive (link on 2nd page of
: above article or here
:
http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/files/hpcpqdt/us/download/20306.html )
: 3) bootable files (either image or floppy) to copy to the formatted USB
: drive . You can obtain bootable images from Plato's site here
:
http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm
:
: Once the USB drive is setup you should be able to select it when the ASR
: Wizard requests the floppy.
:
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: Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
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: "Dr. Indera" <dr.indera.bugoff@cant.spam.me> wrote in message
: news:uVaaoePdFHA.3280@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
: > hello,
: >
: > i was wondering if there is a way to use something other than a floppy
: > disk
: > with this utility because my laptop does not have a floppy drive?
: >
: > thank you.
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: > Indera
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: > Don't just live life.
: > Live life well.
: >
: >
: >
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