This short article is quite important but serves more than anything else to gather expert opinions, on a type of operation, which I would say is trivial but that Windows alone cannot do (it is not the only one you will say ...).
With Windows, XP or Vista, in fact, it is not possible to create a USB stick that is bootable when you turn on a computer.
To understand what I'm saying, just think of when you want to install Windows, insert the CD and, from the bios, choose to start the PC from CR / ROM.
In this case, when you turn on the computer, from bios you set the PC to start from USB and, instead of starting Windows from the hard disk, you start what is loaded on the USB stick, be it another operating system or a maintenance or recovery tool.
For example, in another article, we had seen how to install the Puppy Linux operating system on a 125 MB USB stick that was independent and started without using Windows.
The HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool is therefore used to format a USB medium and make bootable what is then loaded into it.
The options are few but unique and in addition to the possibility of creating a bootable USB stick when the computer is booted, it is also possible to format the stick in FAT or NTFS format .
As an additional feature it also has to create a computer boot with a DOS interface, very useful, for expert users, to run diagnostic tools on the PC without starting the operating system.
If the HP Format Tool does not work, in another article: the programs to create a USB stick bootable from ISO or IMG
Another tool to start the PC from a USB device is PEtoUSB, used to resurrect computers that no longer start but that only works with Windows and with BartPE or WINPE, already encountered in the article in which a Windows Live CD is created.
In another post, the manual guide to create a bootable USB stick without using external programs.
To complete the discussion, pending your further information on such a technical topic that I cannot even call myself an expert, we also recommend Avira's NTFS4DOS, with which you can create a boot floppy to boot the computer without loading the operating system and being able to read and write to the hard drive .
Practically, in serious cases of viruses and undeletable files, with this tool you can navigate the filesystem and delete files and programs even on hard drives formatted in NTFS that DOS alone does not manage.
NTFS4DOS can also be installed on a USB stick that is made bootable with the HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool
Among the possible options, you can also add the defragment utility (Defragment utility) and the health check (Check disk utility) of the hard disk to the floppy disk or USB flash drive created.
With Windows, XP or Vista, in fact, it is not possible to create a USB stick that is bootable when you turn on a computer.
To understand what I'm saying, just think of when you want to install Windows, insert the CD and, from the bios, choose to start the PC from CR / ROM.
In this case, when you turn on the computer, from bios you set the PC to start from USB and, instead of starting Windows from the hard disk, you start what is loaded on the USB stick, be it another operating system or a maintenance or recovery tool.
For example, in another article, we had seen how to install the Puppy Linux operating system on a 125 MB USB stick that was independent and started without using Windows.
The HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool is therefore used to format a USB medium and make bootable what is then loaded into it.
The options are few but unique and in addition to the possibility of creating a bootable USB stick when the computer is booted, it is also possible to format the stick in FAT or NTFS format .
As an additional feature it also has to create a computer boot with a DOS interface, very useful, for expert users, to run diagnostic tools on the PC without starting the operating system.
If the HP Format Tool does not work, in another article: the programs to create a USB stick bootable from ISO or IMG
Another tool to start the PC from a USB device is PEtoUSB, used to resurrect computers that no longer start but that only works with Windows and with BartPE or WINPE, already encountered in the article in which a Windows Live CD is created.
In another post, the manual guide to create a bootable USB stick without using external programs.
To complete the discussion, pending your further information on such a technical topic that I cannot even call myself an expert, we also recommend Avira's NTFS4DOS, with which you can create a boot floppy to boot the computer without loading the operating system and being able to read and write to the hard drive .
Practically, in serious cases of viruses and undeletable files, with this tool you can navigate the filesystem and delete files and programs even on hard drives formatted in NTFS that DOS alone does not manage.
NTFS4DOS can also be installed on a USB stick that is made bootable with the HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool
Among the possible options, you can also add the defragment utility (Defragment utility) and the health check (Check disk utility) of the hard disk to the floppy disk or USB flash drive created.
