Boot From Mini Cruzer USB on X30

[fx10000]

Ok Here Goes.

The question is will this work or better yet has anyone done this? I have formated the USB Memory Device and Made it bootable with MS Dos. But I can not get it to boot. I have the USB enabled in the Bios. And yes I even changed the boot order. I even disabled the other boot options but that did not work either. Maybe I am beating a dead horse. What do you guys think?

[bevross]

Did you format it in XP? XP didn't give me the option of creating a bootable disk on the USB flash drive.

There was a discussion of this in the 'T' forum:

http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=4682

[fx10000]

I have had no success getting the USB memory stick to boot. If someone has achieved this task please let me know how you did it. Thanks in advance.

[MadeInJapan]

Go here and download the HP USB boot format tool. It worked for me!
http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/files ... 20306.html
This worked on a non-HP or DiskOnKey device. Also, didn't need a USB 2.0 for it, like the HP site says you need.

[skanky]

yeah the HP tool works good. i used it on a 40gb hdd in a usb2 enclosure and it boots fine on my T40.