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Question about using a thumb drive as a floppy
How u do'in?
Can you use a thumb drive as a bootable floppy? For such things as updating the BIOS? I don't have a physical floppy drive and it appears that without it you can't update the bios.
Never had a thumb drive before and their really cheap now. Just wanted to know how do you go about making it bootable and such if this is doable!
Thanks for the info!
Regards!
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Most motherboards support boot from thumb drive these days, so you souldn't have any problems.
Here's a few methods of how to do it
Boot From A USB Flash Drive
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Most motherboards support boot from thumb drive these days, so you souldn't have any problems.
Here's a few methods of how to do it
Boot From A USB Flash Drive
Never mind I saw that few methods on how to .. to early in the morning!
I'm aware of that. My question is normally when you make a bootable floppy how would you make the thumb drive bootable?
CPU
Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 @ 2.66Ghz
Motherboard
Abit IP35 Pro
Memory
4Gb Patriot PC1600
Graphics Card(s)
EVGA (Nvidia) GT 430 1GB
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Syncmaster 2494
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1920 x 1080
I dont understand what you mean
To make the drive bootable, you set it up as per the methods in the link.
To boot from the drive, set your bios or boot menu to boot from usb device.
Operating System
Windows 11 Workstation
Manufacturer/Model
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CPU
Ryzen 9 5950X
Motherboard
Asus ROG Crosshair VIII Formula
Memory
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO Black 64GB (4x16GB) 3600MHz AMD Ryzen Tuned DDR4
Graphics Card(s)
ASUS AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT 16GB ROG Strix LC OC
Sound Card
Creative
Monitor(s) Displays
3 x27" Dell U2724D & 1 x 34" Dell U3415W
Hard Drives
Samsung 980 Pro 1TB M.2 2280 PCI-e 4.0 x4 NVMe Solid State
PSU
1500W ThermalTake Toughpower
Case
ThermalTake Level 10 GT
Cooling
Enermax Liqtech 240
Keyboard
Surface Ergonomic.
Mouse
Logitech Performance MX
Internet Speed
350 Mb/s
Other Info
WinTV NovaTD
Operating System
windows 10
Manufacturer/Model
Surface Pro 3
CPU
1.9GHz Intel Core i5-4300U (dual-core, 3MB cache, up to 2.9GHz with Turbo Boost)
Memory
4GB
Graphics card(s)
Intel HD Graphics 4400
Monitor(s) Displays
12" Multi Touch
Screen Resolution
2160 x 144
Hard Drives
128GB
Mouse
Logitech
Keyboard
yes
Internet Speed
350 Mb/s
z3 .. i apologize. I read through your post a bit to fast. I didn't see the link that you put in there. Thanks for the info!
CPU
Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 @ 2.66Ghz
Motherboard
Abit IP35 Pro
Memory
4Gb Patriot PC1600
Graphics Card(s)
EVGA (Nvidia) GT 430 1GB
Sound Card
On board
Monitor(s) Displays
Syncmaster 2494
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080
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