Hey I have question: I go a new 10" MSI laptop (not CD try) came with two disk. 1-Windows XP Home Edition SP3 / Recovery DVD 2-Drivers / Utilities / Manuals The MSI don't have CD-ROM, and I like to have put into a boot flash drive, both the XP OS and the Drivers and Manuals? Or just the "XP OS" on a "boot flash drive" by it self.? Just in case I have to re-install the system. I have Vista on the regular Laptop, with a CD-ROM. And what program can I use? Any help please?
Couple of questions; 1. Does the laptop bios support USB boot? 2. Will you want to copy the restore DVD over to the USB flash drive, or create a smaller OEM XP install with just OS & drivers so you can keep out all of the extra junk the restore disks will add on ? 3. What is the total data size of the restore dvd?
You can buy a good, dirt cheap, USB DVD drive and use the recovery DVD you have. I own a laptop that doesn't allow for booting from a USB device but it is old and I never upgraded the BIOS. It runs my daughter's home network very well. Just another option for you to consider. I have a couple of external USB optical drives and from time to time they come in very handy. Not everything I'm interested in comes on a flash drive.