dmccunney: Note that says "installation disk". That means you can potentially start an install of Vista/7 from a USB drive. It does not mean you can create a portable Windows installation that will *run* from a thumbdrive.
Me: If I can copy files to the flash drive and get to a "DOS prompt" and run a program such as a firmware update I'm happy. I don't need a portable Windows installation. My guess though is that it is a DOS program, in which case I expect the computer to freeze before bricking the hard drive. >>Incidentally, why do you need to flash the BIOS on the WD drive? >>If the drive is performing as expected, it might not be necessary. >>Does the BIOS update provide something you have to have? I can probably do without. It doesn't really seem worth all this effort. I like to keep everything up to date. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Want fast and easy access to all the code in your enterprise? Index and search up to 200,000 lines of code with a free copy of Black Duck Code Sight - the same software that powers the world's largest code search on Ohloh, the Black Duck Open Hub! Try it now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bds _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
