| Windows 7: MS-DOS Bootable Flash Drive - Create |
14 Dec 2009
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#9 | | Windows 7 Home Premium x64 - Mac OS X 10.6.4 x64 North Carolina, United States of America |
MS-DOS Bootable Flash Drive - Create How to Make a MS-DOS Bootable Flash Drive
Last edited by Brink; 27 Mar 2013 at 09:45 AM..
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26 May 2010
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#10 | | Windows 7 Home Premium Northern Virginia |
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? | My System Specs |
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26 May 2010
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#11 | | 64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 & Windows 8 Enterprise Texas |
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 | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Self built custom OS 64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 & Windows 8 Enterprise CPU Intel i7-3930K 3.2 Ghz (O/C 4 Ghz) Motherboard ASRock X79 Extreme11 Memory 32 GB (8GBx4) G.SKILL DDR3 Quad PC3-19200 2400MHz Graphics Card Sapphire HD5870 Eyefinity 6 2GB Sound Card SB Recon 3Di Integrated Chip Monitor(s) Displays 3x 27" Asus VE278Q Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Keyboard Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 5500 Revolution Mouse Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 5500 Revolution PSU OCZ Series Gold OCZZ1000M 1000W Case Thermaltake Level 10 GT Snow Edition Cooling Corsair Hydro H100 Hard Drives 256GB OCZ Vector
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Lite-On iHBS212 12x BD Writer
Samsung CLX-3175FW Printer
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30 May 2010
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#12 | | Windows 7 Home Premium Northern Virginia |
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 | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Home Made OS Windows 7 Home Premium CPU Intel I5Core750 Motherboard Gigabyte P55A-UD3 Memory 6 GB Corsair DDR3 1600 Graphics Card Zotac GeForce 9600 GT Sound Card 7:1 on otherboard Monitor(s) Displays ViewSonic VG2030m (one of the last 4 by 3 monitors) Screen Resolution 1400 by 1050 (Native Resolution) Keyboard 400 v1.0 Mouse Logitech LX-8 PSU Thermaltake TR2 500W Case Cooler Master Elite 332 Cooling Thermaltake SpinQ Hard Drives 2 500 GB Western Digital SATA Internet Speed 9.82 Mbs download speed 1.87 Mbs Upload speed Other Info Monochrome Laser Printer -HP 1020
Ink-Jet color all in one without fax - Canon Pixma MP 170
500GB external portable hard drive - Iomega |
30 May 2010
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#13 | | Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz) SomeWhere in the HOT Arizona Desert ! |

Quote: Originally Posted by GerryR 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. | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Built them myself, Science Experiments ! OS Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz) CPU AMD fx8350 4ghz, AMD-32 2400mhz, AMD-64 3200mhz, AMDx64 2.8G Motherboard SIS 755, ECS-K8M890M-M (Ult 7600), GigaByte & others Memory 2gb, 4gb on the Ult 7600, 4gb on Technet RTM, 32gb on FX8350 Graphics Card Draw my own Graphics, several nVidia cards Sound Card on motherboard Monitor(s) Displays 19" flat scr, 28" I-Inc widescr,22" Emprex Widescr, 23" Acer Screen Resolution 1280 x 1024, 1440 x 900, 1920 x 1080 Keyboard Compaq & Dell recycled from GoodWill Mouse Made in China Optical Wired Mouse PSU 430w, 550w, 600w, 700, 800, etc Case All Generic Full Towers Cooling Open Air & a few fans, some w/ colored LEDs Hard Drives 6 pata Ide HD's & 2 Sata HD's
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30 May 2010
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#14 | | 64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 & Windows 8 Enterprise Texas |

Quote: Originally Posted by GerryR 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. | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Self built custom OS 64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 & Windows 8 Enterprise CPU Intel i7-3930K 3.2 Ghz (O/C 4 Ghz) Motherboard ASRock X79 Extreme11 Memory 32 GB (8GBx4) G.SKILL DDR3 Quad PC3-19200 2400MHz Graphics Card Sapphire HD5870 Eyefinity 6 2GB Sound Card SB Recon 3Di Integrated Chip Monitor(s) Displays 3x 27" Asus VE278Q Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Keyboard Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 5500 Revolution Mouse Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 5500 Revolution PSU OCZ Series Gold OCZZ1000M 1000W Case Thermaltake Level 10 GT Snow Edition Cooling Corsair Hydro H100 Hard Drives 256GB OCZ Vector
160GB OCZ RevoDrive X2
2 x 1TB Samsung HDD HD154UI SATA Internet Speed 50 Mb/s Download and 2 Mb/s Upload Other Info Microsoft LifeCam Cinema
Lite-On iHBS212 12x BD Writer
Samsung CLX-3175FW Printer
Netgear WNDR3800 Router
Motorola SBG6580 Cable Modem
2x APC Back-UPS XS 1500 |
31 May 2010
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#15 | | Windows 7 Home Premium Northern Virginia |
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 | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Home Made OS Windows 7 Home Premium CPU Intel I5Core750 Motherboard Gigabyte P55A-UD3 Memory 6 GB Corsair DDR3 1600 Graphics Card Zotac GeForce 9600 GT Sound Card 7:1 on otherboard Monitor(s) Displays ViewSonic VG2030m (one of the last 4 by 3 monitors) Screen Resolution 1400 by 1050 (Native Resolution) Keyboard 400 v1.0 Mouse Logitech LX-8 PSU Thermaltake TR2 500W Case Cooler Master Elite 332 Cooling Thermaltake SpinQ Hard Drives 2 500 GB Western Digital SATA Internet Speed 9.82 Mbs download speed 1.87 Mbs Upload speed Other Info Monochrome Laser Printer -HP 1020
Ink-Jet color all in one without fax - Canon Pixma MP 170
500GB external portable hard drive - Iomega |
22 Feb 2011
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#16 | | Windows 7 Ultimate X64 SP1 East Java, Indonesia |
Nice tut, very usefull for me | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Ultimate X64 SP1 CPU Phenom B55 Motherboard DFI lanparty M2RS Memory Corsair XMS2 8GB Graphics Card zotac 9800 GTX Sound Card - Monitor(s) Displays LG W2253S Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 Keyboard - Mouse A4tech Glazer :p PSU Seasonic M12 520 Case Simbadda :p Cooling Thermaltake Frio Hard Drives WDC 1TB Master, WDC 2TB Slave |
06 Apr 2011
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#17 | | |
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; 06 Apr 2011 at 06:45 PM..
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06 Jun 2011
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#18 | | |
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? | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP Mini 210-1100 OS Windows 7 Starter 32bit CPU Intel Atom Memory 1024 Monitor(s) Displays Acer Screen Resolution 1600x900 Keyboard Logitech MK320 Mouse Logitech Hard Drives 250GB Internet Speed 802.11 b/g/n |
06 Jun 2011
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#19 | | 64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 & Windows 8 Enterprise Texas |
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 | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Self built custom OS 64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 & Windows 8 Enterprise CPU Intel i7-3930K 3.2 Ghz (O/C 4 Ghz) Motherboard ASRock X79 Extreme11 Memory 32 GB (8GBx4) G.SKILL DDR3 Quad PC3-19200 2400MHz Graphics Card Sapphire HD5870 Eyefinity 6 2GB Sound Card SB Recon 3Di Integrated Chip Monitor(s) Displays 3x 27" Asus VE278Q Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Keyboard Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 5500 Revolution Mouse Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 5500 Revolution PSU OCZ Series Gold OCZZ1000M 1000W Case Thermaltake Level 10 GT Snow Edition Cooling Corsair Hydro H100 Hard Drives 256GB OCZ Vector
160GB OCZ RevoDrive X2
2 x 1TB Samsung HDD HD154UI SATA Internet Speed 50 Mb/s Download and 2 Mb/s Upload Other Info Microsoft LifeCam Cinema
Lite-On iHBS212 12x BD Writer
Samsung CLX-3175FW Printer
Netgear WNDR3800 Router
Motorola SBG6580 Cable Modem
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