Can't boot off Sandisk Cruzer Glide USB stick

[Robert P]

I wanted to try WD Datalifeguard DOS version to zero a drive which requires a USB flash drive to boot from. Got a SandDisk Cruzer Glide 4gb and followed the instructions below to create a bootable but when I go into bios to prioritize for booting the drive isn't recognized. When in Windows the system sees the drive and I can see all the files on it which are identical to what's in the below tutorial.

http://support.wd.com/download/notes/DLGDiagUSBInstructionsv3.pdf

Running XP Pro SP3

Any ideas what the problem is? Thanks.

 

[voyagerfan99]

Don't set it as a priority. Just select the temporary boot method (Normally F12 on boot) and choose it.

 

[Robert P]

Don't set it as a priority. Just select the temporary boot method (Normally F12 on boot) and choose it.

I assume it would USB FDD? Try that I just get an invalid partition table message at the boot command prompt. I don't think it's seeing the drive.

 

[voyagerfan99]

It may be listed as a hard disk drive, not a removable device.

 

[linkin]

XP doesn't recognise USB's as fixed drives / hard drives, so the instructions won't work. You need to do it from Vista or newer.

 

[Robert P]

XP doesn't recognise USB's as fixed drives / hard drives, so the instructions won't work. You need to do it from Vista or newer.

Does it even matter? If it's booting from the USB stick, isn't it a moot point?