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BOOTING FROM USB FLASH DRIVE

How To Boot From A USB Flash Drive
For starters this is still a new science and many people have had good luck with at least one of these methods and others have not. Note that flash drives are often also called thumb drives, keychain drives, pendrives, etc.

A FEW THINGS YOU NEED TO CONSIDER IN ADVANCE.

  1. The PC has to support booting from a USB flash drive. There may be anywhere from 1-3   items to change in the BIOS to make this possible assuming your BIOS supports it. Some  bios’s may refer to your flash drive as a USB floppy or USB zip.
  2. The USB flash drive must support booting from it in general.
  3. The flash drive must contain the boot/system files.
  4. The flash drive must have bootsector area. This is done with special utilities.
  5. References to “A:” drive lines in the autoexec.bat and/or config.sys files you copy to the  drive after you make it bootable may result in errors.
  6. You “may” have to format your floppy disk first in WinXP before you create a bootdisk as   XP may “not” like working later on with a disk formatted otherwise.
  7. Included below is a bootable ISO of DOS 7.1 which may be used with some of these   methods if you do not have a 1.44 drive.

METHODS

  • Method 1 – Make your flash drive bootable using Bart’s mkbt util:

http://www.nu2.nu/mkbt/ | Alt: mkbt20.zip
Put a bootable floppy disk in your A: drive or create one using Windows.

Download mkbt20.zip and unpack to to new temp folder you create.
Go to the temp folder.
Extract the bootsector from the bootable floppy disk. eg Open a DOS Window and go to the directory where you extracted MKBT. Type:
mkbt -c a: bootsect.bin

The boot sectors from the bootable floppy disk have just been saved to a file in the temp folder you created.
Format the flash drive in FAT or FAT16.
Copy the bootsector to the flash drive. Open a DOS Window and go to the folder where you extracted MKBT. Type:
mkbt -x bootsect.bin Z:
“Z” represents the flash drive drive Letter. So if your flash drive has another drive letter, then change the “Z” accordingly.      Now you can [grin] “should” be able to copy the utils you need to the pen drive.

  • Method 2 – Try these 2 HP/Compaq USB Flash Drive Utilities. They work with many other brands of flash drives as well.

HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool Version 2.0.6

http://h18000.www1.hp.com/support/files/serveroptions/us/download/20306.html

Alt: hpflash1.exe
HP Drive Key Boot Utility Version 7.41

http://h18000.www1.hp.com/support/files/serveroptions/us/download/23839.html

  • Method 3 – Third Party Links

http://ucsu.colorado.edu/~shaher/Bootable_USB.html

http://www.windowsmarketplace.com/prices.aspx?itemId=1744677&stext=

Recall I did say it’s a new science.

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/storage/usb-boot.mspx

BareBones Boot Floppy And ISO
DOS 7.10 | Readme
Sep 24, ‘06 7:08 PM
by Linda for group computerhelp

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Personality Analysis

Dr. Phil’s Test (Dr. Phil scored 55  he did this test on Oprah — she got 38.)
Some folks pay a lot of money to find this stuff out.

Read on, this is very interesting! Don’t be overly sensitive!

The following is pretty accurate and it only takes about 2 minutes.
Take this test for yourself and send it to your friends including the person who sent it to you.

The person who sent it placed their score in the subject box.

Please do the same before forwarding to your friends.
Answers are for who you are now…… not who you were in the past.

Have pen or pencil and paper ready.

This is a real test given by the Human Relations Dept. at many of the major corporations today.  It helps them get better insight concerning their employees and prospective employees. It’s only 10 simple questions, so…… grab a pencil and paper, keep track of your letter answers.

Make sure to change the subject of the e-mail to read YOUR total.
When you are finished, forward this to everyone you know, and also send it to the person who sent this to you.

It’s only 10 simple questions, so…… grab a pencil and paper, keep track of your letter answers.  Make sure to change the subject of the e-mail to read YOUR total.

When you are finished, forward this to everyone you know, and also send it to the person who sent this to you.

Number your paper 1 to 10 first.

1. When do you feel at your best?

a) in the morning
b) during the afternoon and early evening
c) late at night

2. You usually walk…..

a) fairly fast, with long steps
b) fairly fast, with little steps
c) less fast head up, looking the world in the face
d) less fast, head down
e) very slowly

3. When talking to people, you…

a) stand with your arms folded
b) have your hands clasped
c) have one or both your hands on your hips or in pockets
d) touch or push the person to
whom you are talking
e) play with your ear, touch your chin or smooth your hair

4. When relaxing, you sit with…

a) your knees bent with your legs neatly side by side
b) your legs crossed
c) your legs stretched out or straight
d) one leg curled under you

5. When something really amuses you, You react with…

a) a big appreciated laugh
b) a laugh, but not a loud one
c) a quiet chuckle
d) a sheepish smile

6. When you go to a party or social gathering, you…

a) make a loud entrance so everyone notices you
b) make a quiet entrance, looking around for someone you know
c) make the quietest entrance, trying to stay unnoticed

7. When you’re working or concentrating very hard, and you’re interrupted, you…

a) welcome the break
b) feel extremely irritated
c) vary between these two extremes

8. Which of the following colors do you like most?

a) Red or orange
b) black
c) yellow or light blue
d) green
e) dark blue or purple
f) white
g) brown or gray

9. When you are in bed at night, in those last few moments before going to sleep, you lie…

a) stretched out on your back
b) stretched out face down on your stomach
c) on your side, slightly curled
d) with your head on one arm
e) with your head under the covers

10. You often dream that you are…

a) falling
b) fighting or struggling
c) searching for something or somebody
d) flying or floating
e) you usually have dreamless sleep
f) your dreams are always pleasant

POINTS:
1.     (a) 2     (b) 4     (c) 6

2.     (a) 6     (b) 4     (c) 7     (d) 2    (e) 1

3.     (a) 4     (b) 2     (c) 5     (d) 7     (e) 6

4.     (a) 4     (b) 6     (c) 2     (d) 1

5.     (a) 6     (b) 4     (c) 3     (d) 5     (e) 2

6.     (a) 6     (b) 4     (c) 2

7.     (a) 6     (b) 2     (c) 4

8.     (a) 6     (b) 7     (c) 5     (d)4    (e) 3     (f) 2     (g) 1

9.     (a) 7     (b) 6     (c) 4     (d) 2     (e) 1

10.   (a) 4     (b) 2     (c) 3     (d) 5     (e) 6     (f) 1

Now add up the total number of points.

OVER 60 POINTS
Others see you as someone they should “handle with care.” You’re seen as vain, self-centered and one who is extremely domineering. Others may admire you, wishing they could be more like you, but don’t always trust you, hesitating to become too deeply involved with you.

51 TO 60 POINTS
Others see you as an exciting, highly volatile, rather impulsive personality; a natural leader, one who’s quick to make decisions, though not always the right ones. They see you as bold and adventuresome, someone who will try anything once; someone who takes chances and enjoys an adventure. They enjoy being in your company because of the excitement you radiate.

41 TO 50 POINTS
Others see you as fresh, lively, charming, amusing, practical and always interesting; someone who’s constantly in the center of attention, but sufficiently well-balanced not to let it go to their head. They also see you as kind, considerate, and understanding; someone who’ll  always cheer them up and help them out.

31 TO 40 POINTS
Others see you as sensible, cautious, careful and practical.  They see you as clever, gifted, or talented, but modest. Not a person who makes friends too quickly or easily, but someone who’s extremely loyal to friends you do make and who expect the same loyalty in return. Those who really get to know you realize it  takes a lot to shake your trust in your friends, but equally that it takes you a long time to get over it if that trust is ever broken.

21 TO 30 POINTS
Your friends see you as painstaking and fussy. They see you as very cautious, extremely careful, a slow and steady plodder. It would really surprise them if you ever did something impulsively or on the spur of the moment, expecting you to examine everything carefully from every angle and then usually decide against it. They think this reaction is caused partly by your careful nature.

UNDER 21 POINTS
People think you are shy, nervous, and indecisive, someone who needs looking after, who always wants someone else to make the decisions and who doesn’t want to get involved with anyone or anything!  They see you as a worrier who always sees problems that don’t exist. Some people think you’re boring. Only those who know you well know that you aren’t.
Now forward this to all your friends, don’t forget to put your score in the subject box.                         -Dr.Phil

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ME and MY BOSS

When I Take a long time to finish,
I am slow,
When my boss takes a long time,
he is thorough

When I don’t do it,
I am lazy,
When my boss does not do it,
he is busy,

When I do something without being told,
I am trying to
be smart,
When my boss does the same,
he takes the initiative,

When I please my boss,
I am apple polishing,
When my boss pleases his boss,
he is cooperating,

When I make a mistake,
you’re an idiot.
When my boss makes a mistake,
he’s only human.

When I am out of the office,
I am wondering around.
When my boss is out of the office,
he’s on business.

When I am on a day off sick,
I am always sick.
When my boss is a day off sick,
he must be very ill.

When I apply for leave,
I must be going for an
interview
When my boss applies for leave,
it’s because he’s
overworked

When I do good,
my boss never remembers,
When I do wrong,
he never forgets

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