Leonidas117 Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Netshroud Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 Right-click on the executable and click "Run as Administrator" (Windows Vista and 7) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonidas117 Posted August 26, 2009 Author Share Posted August 26, 2009 I'm running WinXP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Netshroud Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 Are you running it from an administrator account? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bolts Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 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/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonidas117 Posted August 26, 2009 Author Share Posted August 26, 2009 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonidas117 Posted August 27, 2009 Author Share Posted August 27, 2009 Update: I just logged in as the main admin and it still won't find the drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Netshroud Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 Try making it active using Diskpart instead of PEToUSB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonidas117 Posted August 27, 2009 Author Share Posted August 27, 2009 So how exactly would I do that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Netshroud Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonidas117 Posted August 27, 2009 Author Share Posted August 27, 2009 Problem is, my drive's not listed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Netshroud Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 Not even in diskpart? Does it show in Disk Manangement? (start -> run -> diskmgmt.msc) Does it show in Device Manager? (start -> run -> devmgmt.msc) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonidas117 Posted August 27, 2009 Author Share Posted August 27, 2009 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Netshroud Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 Does it show in "My Computer"? Can you post a screenshot of Diskpart after issuing "List disk"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonidas117 Posted August 27, 2009 Author Share Posted August 27, 2009 It's in my computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Netshroud Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 Can you post a screenshot of Diskpart after issuing "List disk"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonidas117 Posted August 27, 2009 Author Share Posted August 27, 2009 Sorry, forgot to upload. See the earlier post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonidas117 Posted August 27, 2009 Author Share Posted August 27, 2009 Here's a screenshot of stuff I think you'd find helpful in fixing this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Netshroud Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 Try this then: Right-click (My)Computer. Click Manage. Click Disk Management. Right-click the USB drive partition. Click Mark Partition as Active. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonidas117 Posted August 27, 2009 Author Share Posted August 27, 2009 Already active, dude. It's in that last screenie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Netshroud Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonidas117 Posted August 27, 2009 Author Share Posted August 27, 2009 So the PetoUSB is completely unnecessary, as long as the drive is active? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Netshroud Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 Yes. All PEToUSB does (in this context) is formats the drive and makes it active. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonidas117 Posted August 28, 2009 Author Share Posted August 28, 2009 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H@L0_F00 Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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