Tech Support > Microsoft Windows > Performance/Maintainence > Automated System Recovery & USB
Automated System Recovery & USB
Posted by Chrisbo on December 6th, 2005


Wanted to know if there is a way to use a USB thumb drive instead of a floppy
since some of our Dell servers do not have floppy drives.

Posted by Galen on December 7th, 2005


In news:00C1E9E0-4DC5-499E-B89D-1515A92DE65F@microsoft.com,
Chrisbo <Chrisbo@discussions.microsoft.com> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> Wanted to know if there is a way to use a USB thumb drive instead of
> a floppy since some of our Dell servers do not have floppy drives.


What happens (and I've not tried this) if you assign the USB drive the drive
letter of A: under the disk management snap-in? (I'm afraid it's the only
idea that I have other than considering a USB floppy which *should/might*
work.)

Anyhow, start > run > diskmgmt.msc > highlight the USB drive > right click >
change drive letter path > set the drive to A: > press OK and close out >
does that work?

--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/

"My life is spent in one long effort to escape from the commonplaces of
existence." - Sherlock Holmes