How to Prepare the USB Flash Drive on a Windows XP System

1. Extract (unzip) the contents of the downloaded syslinux-version.zip archive file.

   Where version represents the Syslinux version number.

2. Insert the USB flash drive into a USB 2.0 port.
3. After Windows has found the new hardware, double-click on My Computer from the desktop.

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   Caution - Be sure to confirm and make a note of the device name of the USB flash drive (A:, B:, etc.). The instructions listed here require you to delete existing partition(s) on the USB flash disk. Making a mistake in identifying the device might cause you to erase a hard disk.

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4. Right-click on the flashdisk icon in the list of hard disk drives, and then click Format.

   The format dialog box will be displayed.

5. From the File system drop-down menu, select FAT32 and enter a descriptive volume label (such as “SIA FlashDisk”).
   
6. Click the Start button.

   The flash disk is formatted.

7. After the formatting has completed, click the Close button.

   The Format dialog box closes.

8. Click the Start button from the Windows taskbar, and then click Run.

   The Run dialog box is displayed.

9. Run the syslinux executable using the -ma option to make the drive bootable by entering the following command:

   path\syslinux\win32\syslinux.exe -ma X:

   Where path is the folder to which you extracted syslinux and X is the drive letter for your USB flash drive (for example, A:, B:, etc.)

   This creates a file ldlinux.sys onto the drive and make it bootable.

10. Extract (unzip) the contents of the downloaded SIA-version.zip archive file to the USB flash drive.

    Where version represents the SIA version number.

11. To remove the USB flash drive, click the Safe to Remove Hardware icon and remove the flash drive from the system.

    The USB flash drive is now ready to boot SIA. To begin the OS installation using the SIA USB flash drive, see Setting BIOS Parameters and Booting Off the SIA USB Flash Drive.