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Windows 7 - MS-DOS Bootable Flash Drive - Create



 
12-14-2009   #9
Zidane24


Windows 7 Home Premium x64 - Mac OS X 10.6.4 x64
 
 

MS-DOS Bootable Flash Drive - Create

How to Make a MS-DOS Bootable Flash Drive

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Last edited by Brink; 06-17-2010 at 09:31 PM..
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05-26-2010   #10
GerryR


Windows 7 Home Premium
 
 


Question - I have unused flash drives from 2 GB to 32 GB - 2,4,8,16,32. There's no point in wasting a large capacity flash drive if a smaller one will do. How large a flash drive will I need?

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05-26-2010   #11
Brink


Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
 
 


Hell Gerry,

I do not know the exact size, but these files will not take up much space at all. You should be more than fine using the smallest 2GB USB stick.

Hope this helps,
Shawn
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05-30-2010   #12
GerryR


Windows 7 Home Premium
 
 


Thanks Brink,

I have discovered, assuming that my source is correct, that one can actually use a 256 MB flash drive. To my knowledge, flash drives of that size haven't been manufactured recently.

Gerry
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05-30-2010   #13
DocBrown


Xp Pro SP3 x64, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz)
 
 


Quote   Quote: Originally Posted by GerryR View Post
Thanks Brink,

I have discovered, assuming that my source is correct, that one can actually use a 256 MB flash drive. To my knowledge, flash drives of that size haven't been manufactured recently.

Gerry
You might search eBay for them. I bought 20 of them when the Fry's electronic's store was closing them out for $ 1.99 each Gave a bunch away to friends with some of my favorite Free Utilities on them.
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05-30-2010   #14
Brink


Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
 
 


Quote   Quote: Originally Posted by GerryR View Post
Thanks Brink,

I have discovered, assuming that my source is correct, that one can actually use a 256 MB flash drive. To my knowledge, flash drives of that size haven't been manufactured recently.

Gerry
You're welcome Gerry. Yeah, it will be harder to find those sizes anymore.
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05-31-2010   #15
GerryR


Windows 7 Home Premium
 
 


Doc Brown,

Thanks fpr the info, but it's easier to pop over to my local MicroCenter and spend $5.99 on 2GB's, of which I now have quite a few. That kind of sounds like a one-timer.

Gerry
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02-22-2011   #16
BajolCool


Windows 7 Ultimate X64 SP1
 
 


Nice tut, very usefull for me
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04-06-2011   #17
DystopiaPimp


Win7 Home Premuim 64
 
 


The "Cteate an MS-DOS startup disk" option is disabled for me. I have been searching like crazy, but it seems no-one else has encountered this issue.

EDIT:

Just tried on my Windows 7 32 Laptop - same thing, the option is greyed out.

Last edited by DystopiaPimp; 04-06-2011 at 06:45 PM..
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06-06-2011   #18
chickenmatt5


Windows 7 Starter 32bit
 
 


I doubt this will get any replies, and I bet this is a very stupid question, but will any of this threaten the version of Windows 7 installed on my computer?
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06-06-2011   #19
Brink


Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
 
 


Hello Matt,

No, since you will only be creating a bootable USB flash drive that is used to boot into MS-DOS with.

Now, what you do after you boot into MS-DOS with the bootable USB flash drive could very well affect your installed Windows 7. Say if you format your Windows 7 drive while in MS-DOS.

Hope this helps,
Shawn
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