Booting iPrep from USB problem

[dave24]

try this,taken from another forum by a member who was having the same problems.`Press F11 during bootup. Select Hard Drive and your USB device should be under here. I had the same issue - it won't boot from USB Floppy or USB Zip, as the BIOS sees it as a Hard Drive`.

 

[JT86]

try this,taken from another forum by a member who was having the same problems.`Press F11 during bootup. Select Hard Drive and your USB device should be under here. I had the same issue - it won't boot from USB Floppy or USB Zip, as the BIOS sees it as a Hard Drive`.

Oh right. So when I press F11, I should select to boot from hard drive, this should give a sub-menu with boot from USB?

At least its something else for me to try. Thanks mate, appreciate you trying to help. :Cheers:

 

[Highlander]

is that a via6421 card m8?

 

[JT86]

I did a google image search for that card using VIA 6421. Its not the card I bought, I just chose that one to show the positioning of the SATA ports as its similar to the placement of those on my card.

This is the one I bought:

Card Details:

VIA VT6421 PCI Combo Card,
Sata + Ulta ATA122 PCI Combo Card
32 - Bit PCI Bus Master Interfact at 33mhz
Sata Transfer Rate at 1.5gb/s
Utra ATA Transfer Rate at 133 Mb/s

Site Link is: budgetcomputers.biz

 

[dave24]

Did you get it sorted m8?

 

[JT86]

Did you get it sorted m8?

No, my wee brother wasn't too happy about not having his Xbox to play so I just put it back together for him to get his COD4 fix.

I'll give it a go tomorrow. If I don't have any luck then I'll ask Highlander if his offer to send it to him is still open

 

[english]

i found u dont need the drivers installed for dos to see the sata card

try it from floppy m8, just make sure it's a new one. i had the 'j' problem with usb stick, and gave up on it ;( floppy all the way for me at the mo

try the attached mtkflash as well, it's modded to ur card (i believe)

make sure u read the drive first and back it up ..

*mtkflash not sure if iprep uses that? if u need a hand doing it the floppy way properly pm me m8 it's a doddle

 

[Oggy]

I doubt its configured for his IRQ port without you knowing.

 

[english]

I doubt its configured for his IRQ port without you knowing.

fair do's , i'm just trying to say floppy is not a bad way to go if usb wont boot m8

 

[Oggy]

I meant MTKFlash wouldnt be custom edited for his card

Floppy's are ok to use.

Only problem is the size.

 

[Highlander]

my offer is still open m8.

2 choices, send complete 360 no cables just console, but could be expensive in postage, then i can test it working after flash,

OR

send drive only, i will read it and flash it, and return it, but can't test it as no console to stick it in with same drive key LOL.

 

[marra]

im jumping in here tbh havent read the full thread but i had a similar prob so i copied my pen drive files after using iprep to c:\benq and booted to dos using ntfs4dos (i think its called ) bootable cd and just did everything from there and ive done it this way with severall 360 benqs,hope this helps