Troubleshooting USB Boot

USB boot may fail because:

• The USB storage device is not properly formatted, or,
• The BIOS and USB storage device are not compatible.
• The BIOS fails to properly enumerate bootable devices.

In This Section

• Formatting the USB Storage Device
  Discusses the need to properly format the USB storage device.
• Verifying BIOS and USB Storage Device Compatibility
  Provides the procedure for verifying that the BIOS and USB storage device are compatible.
• Verifying Bootable Devices
  Discusses using the USBNDT.CHK tool to debug USB boot failures.

Last updated on Wednesday, October 18, 2006

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