Troubleshooting USB Boot

5/10/2007

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.
• USB Boot 2.0 component files are overwritten.

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.

• Using Windows XP Embedded USB Boot Component Files
  Discusses the need to preserve USB boot component files delivered with the image.