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    Possible to boot from MS PRO with W3J?

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by rj686, Jan 11, 2007.

  1. rj686

    rj686 Notebook Consultant

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    I need to test my Fujitsu hdd to make sure it's not crapping out but to do that i need to boot into DoS. Due to the fact that computers no longer have floppy drives is it possible to make a w3j boot from usb at all. And if so Does anyone know where to get such a utility?
     
    rj686, Jan 11, 2007
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    CalebSchmerge Woof NBR Reviewer

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    If you just need to test the hard drive, there are bootable programs that you can put on a CD, then boot from it to test the hard drive, do some googling for them.
     
    CalebSchmerge, Jan 11, 2007
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    rj686 Notebook Consultant

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    I managed to create a bootable cd and booted teh Fujitsu application. It didn't even detect my hard drive :(

    Should I send my hard drive in or just try a re-install?
     
    rj686, Jan 11, 2007
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