Problems with Pe2USB

[Leonidas117]

I've got a 16GB Centon Datastick Pro plugged into my USB port. It's formatted as FAT32. However, when I go to the Pe2USB program, it displays the "No USB Disks Found!" Message. I also checked both fixed disks and removable. Any ideas?

[Netshroud]

Right-click on the executable and click "Run as Administrator" (Windows Vista and 7)

[Leonidas117]

I'm running WinXP.

[Netshroud]

Are you running it from an administrator account?

[Bolts]

Try using MBRWiz

Format your drive fat32.

In the directory where you extract MBRWiz:

> mbrwiz /list

Find you usb drive

> mbrwiz /drive=[your flash drive #] /active=1

then follow instructions as normal

http://mbrwizard.com/

[Leonidas117]

I am, but to make sure, I'm gonna go ahead and use the one that came with XP. One moment while I get the password.

[Leonidas117]

Update: I just logged in as the main admin and it still won't find the drive.

[Netshroud]

Try making it active using Diskpart instead of PEToUSB.

[Leonidas117]

So how exactly would I do that?

[Netshroud]

start -> run -> diskpart

type "list disk" without the quotes and press enter.

type "select disk n" without the quotes and press enter, where n is the disk number of the USB drive.

do the same as above, but replace "disk" with "partition".

type "active" without the quotes and press enter

type "exit" without the quotes and press enter.

[Leonidas117]

Problem is, my drive's not listed.

[Netshroud]

Not even in diskpart?

Does it show in Disk Manangement? (start -> run -> diskmgmt.msc)

Does it show in Device Manager? (start -> run -> devmgmt.msc)

[Leonidas117]

It's in disk management. Listed as F:/, Health (Active)

It's IN the devmanager, but there's no identification. I can narrow it down to what port it's in. So it sees the disk but can't tell what it is.

[Netshroud]

Does it show in "My Computer"?

Can you post a screenshot of Diskpart after issuing "List disk"?

[Leonidas117]

It's in my computer.

[Netshroud]

Can you post a screenshot of Diskpart after issuing "List disk"?

[Leonidas117]

Sorry, forgot to upload. See the earlier post.

[Leonidas117]

Here's a screenshot of stuff I think you'd find helpful in fixing this.

[Netshroud]

Try this then:

Right-click (My)Computer.

Click Manage.

Click Disk Management.

Right-click the USB drive partition.

Click Mark Partition as Active.

[Leonidas117]

Already active, dude. It's in that last screenie.

[Netshroud]

I didn't see that one. Now that it's active, proceed with grubinst_gui, grldr, menu.lst and all those lovely bootable images/distros.

[Leonidas117]

So the PetoUSB is completely unnecessary, as long as the drive is active?

[Netshroud]

Yes. All PEToUSB does (in this context) is formats the drive and makes it active.

[Leonidas117]

Wish I'd known that earlier. Ok. So I've got the key running grub. Problem is, I can't select anything. I get the options of finding the menu.lst, the command line, reboot and halt. I have a menu.lst inside the thing, with the following.

# Syntax Highlighting for Vim.  Line must be a comment. 
# vim:ft=grub: 

#splashimage /boot/Hak5.xpm.gz
color white light-grey
timeout 120

title Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop x86
find --set-root /boot/iso/ubuntu-9.04-desktop-i386.iso
map /boot/iso/ubuntu-9.04-desktop-i386.iso (0xff)
map --hook
root (0xff)
kernel /casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper iso-scan/filename=/boot/iso/ubuntu-9.04-desktop-i386.iso quiet splash locale=en.UTF-8 --
initrd /casper/initrd.gz
boot

title «« Back | Track 3
kernel /boot/boot.bt3/vmlinuz vga=0x317 ramdisk_size=6666 root=/dev/ram0 rw quiet
initrd /boot/boot.bt3/initrd.gz
boot

title
root

title Kon-Boot
map --mem /boot/floppy/FD0-konboot-v1.1-2in1.img (fd0)
map --hook
chainloader (fd0)+1
map (hd1) (hd0)
map --hook
rootnoverify (fd0) 

#title Kon-Boot 
#map --mem /boot/floppy/FD0-konboot-v1.1-2in1.img (fd0) 
#map (hd1) (hd0) 
#map (hd0) (hd1) 
#map --hook 
#rootnoverify (fd0) 
#chainloader +1 

title
root

title Grub4Dos Command Line
commandline

title Restart
reboot

title Shut Down
halt

Don't have a picture, however. could that be the problem?

[H@L0_F00]

Wish I'd known that earlier. Ok. So I've got the key running grub. Problem is, I can't select anything. I get the options of finding the menu.lst, the command line, reboot and halt. I have a menu.lst inside the thing, with the following.

Don't have a picture, however. could that be the problem?

No, because of the pound sign (#) in front, Grub4DOS doesn't "notice" it. It sounds like your menu.lst is actually menu.lst.txt. To view file extensions:

- select Start > Control Panel > Folder Options

- select the View tab

- UNcheck "hide file extensions for known file types"

- Click OK to finish

If it is menu.lst.txt then you need to rename it to menu.lst