HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool 2.2.3

This article discusses the prerequisite steps involved in preparing a USB flash drive for use as a bootable device.  Before you can make a USB flash drive bootable, changes have to be made to the flash drive that will allow it to be recognized as a bootable device by a PC. 
Important Note:  While most newer PC’s support booting from a flash drive, not all PC’s support this feature, and the tool discussed here will not work on all USB flash drives.
There are a some good reasons to create a bootable flash drive, popular reasons to create a bootable flash drive include:

• Using it to copy the installation files of an operating system, such as Windows 7, which can then be used to install the operating system to a PC. 
  
• Preparing it to allow for the creation of a ’Rescue Disk’, such as the Avira Antivir Rescue System.
  
• Using it to host a portable operating system, aka a Live USB.
  

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