In this example:
The Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 is actually 984 MB and has drive letter U:
The Sandisk Cruzer 8.01 is 3854 MB and has drive letter N:
Selecting format of the Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 formatted the Sandisk Cruzer 8.01.
HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool, V2.1.8 can be downloaded from HP in
http://h50178.www5.hp.com/local_drivers/17550/SP27608.exe
The file size is
2,074,384 bytes
and SHA1 is
A95DE23E245FB49471C834D8C9F44911F19A42E8
Running SP27608.exe will install the tool.
The tool can create a primary NTFS, FAT16 or FAT32 partition.
The MBR is a standard MBR with partition table, which boots active partition if present.
If "Create a DOS startup disk" is selected for a FAT16 or FAT32 partition, the partition will be set active, and the boot sector made type IO.SYS. The MS DOS files io.sys, msdos.sys and command.com must be available.
The boot disk will get BIOS disk number 128 (first hard disk), and the partition will get the C: drive letter at boot.
The tool cannot make a USB disk which will boot in floppy mode where the disk gets BIOS disk number 0, and the drive letter is A:
If "Create a DOS startup disk" is not selected, the boot sector will be type NTLDR, and the partition will not be made active.
