The arrival of this miniature hard disk was a great timing just as computing is in need for memory drives that can solve the problem of the aging floppy disk.
But there are other things that the USB memory can do.
Provided your motherboard is equipped with USB booting devices, a USB Memory that is correctly formatted will start your system like any other hard drive. The following will show how you can boot your system for trouble shooting into DOS, BIOS flashing and other kinds of uses for the USB memory drive.
The arrival of the USB has turned the once very essential floppy disks to obsolescence. Before, the floppy disks are vital to “clean boot” your personal computer into DOS, BIOS updating, and trouble shooting your PC. Now, this easily transportable drive does the same things with much higher capacities, flexibility and durability.
This is how: