How to make a bootable MS-DOS thumb drive with full NTFS support (read\write)

Things you will need first :

1- Download HP USB Disk Storage Format tool

2- Download Windows 98 system boot files

3- Download this package (NTFSDOS Professional Edition(Write\Read) with some useful tools included)

* Steps to create MS-DOS Bootable thumb drive :

1- Extract the files.

2- Run HP Format tool (Run As Administrator if you are using Windows Vista or later).

 

1- Choose your flash drive.

2- Choose Fat32.

3- Check Create a Dos startup disk option.

4- Choose the extracted windows 98 system boot files Folder.

5- Press START . WARNING ! All files on that flash drive will be removed so make sure
    you backup all your data before formating.

 

6- Extract NTFS.rar and copy all the extracted files to your thumb drive.

7- and now your flash drive should be something similar to this :

8- Now restart your computer and Enter Bios setup and change boot priorities to boot  

    from your flash drive.

9- Now you have successfully created an MS-DOS Bootable thumb drive with full NTFS 

    Support(READ\WRITE).

NOTES :

the included package has some really useful tools besides Ntfs support and here is a breif description of each tool.

1- deltree.exe Short for delete tree, deltree is a command used to delete files and  x

    directories permanently from the computer.

2- Sleep.bat   (Programmed by Abd EL Rahman Tala'at ) Delay execution for 1 second.

3- Readln.exe (Programmed by Ralph B Smith Jr) an equivalent to set /p commands on
    windows 2000 or later. How to use the tool [?]

4- Xcopy.exe Xcopy is a powerful version of the copy command with additional features,

    has the capability of moving files, directories, and even whole drives from one location

    to another.

5- Move.exe Allows you to move files or directories from one folder to another, or from  

    one drive to another.

6- Attrib.exe Attrib allows a user to change the properties of a specified file. Using 

    attrib, the user has the capability of changing the file to have any of the below    

    attributes.

7- doskey.com Doskey is a MS-DOS utility that allows a user to keep a history of commands

    used on the computer. This allows frequently used commands to be used without

    having to type the commands in each time you need to use it. 

8- EDIT.COM MS allows a user to view, create, or modify their computer files.
9- [UPDATE] ReadKey waits for input, one character is read (no ENTER is needed) and it is
    placed in the environment variable (Programmed by Ralph B Smith Jr). How to use the  tool [?]

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