HP dc5700 User Manual
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Service Reference Guide, dc5700
Desktop Management
10. At the A:\ prompt, enter
FORMAT /S X:
where X represents the drive letter noted before.
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CAUTION: Be sure that you have entered the correct drive letter for the USB flash media device.
FORMAT will display one or more warnings and ask you each time whether you want to
proceed. Enter
Y
each time. FORMAT will format the USB flash media device, add the
system files, and ask for a Volume Label.
11. Press
Enter
for no label or enter one if desired.
12. Copy any files you saved in step 9 back to your USB flash media device.
13. Remove the diskette and reboot the computer. The computer will boot to the USB flash
media device as drive C.
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The default boot order varies from computer to computer, and it can be changed in the Computer
Setup (F10) Utility.
If you have used a DOS version from Windows 9x, you may see a brief Windows logo screen. If
you do not want this screen, add a zero-length file named LOGO.SYS to the root directory of the
USB flash media device.
Return to
“Copying to Multiple Computers.”
Unsupported USB Flash Media Device
To create a bootable USB flash media device, you must have:
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USB flash media device.
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Bootable DOS diskette with the FDISK and SYS programs. (If SYS is not available,
FORMAT may be used, but all existing files on the USB flash media device will be lost.)
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PC that is bootable from a USB flash media device.
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CAUTION: Some older PCs may not be bootable from a USB flash media device. If the default boot
order in the Computer Setup (F10) Utility lists the USB device before the hard drive, the computer can be
booted from a USB flash media device. Otherwise, a bootable diskette must be used.
1. If there are any PCI cards in the system that have SCSI, ATA RAID, or SATA drives
attached, turn off the computer and unplug the power cord.
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CAUTION: The power cord MUST be unplugged.
2. Open the computer and remove the PCI cards.
3. Insert the USB flash media device into one of the computer's USB ports and remove all other
USB storage devices except USB diskette drives. Close the computer cover.
4. Plug in the power cord and turn on the computer.
5. As soon as the computer is turned on, press
F10
when the monitor light turns green to enter
Computer Setup. Press
Enter
to bypass the title screen, if necessary.
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If you do not press
F10
at the appropriate time, you must restart the computer and again press
F10
when the monitor light turns green to access the utility.