Other bootable USB issue

can someone explain to me how to locate a file directory after booting from a USB stick...I'm trying to update the firmware on my SSD and the only way to do it is by booting through the USB but I have no idea how to do it...here are the instructions provided by G.Skill:

1. Download and extract the new firmware to an bootable USB stick

2. Boot from that USB and go to the path where your firmware files are located

I've created a bootable USB, saved the firmware file to it and gone into the BIOS and selected it as the first boot device but every time I reboot it starts the Windows install load screen...how do I get to the path where my firmware is located (F: Falcon)

here is a screenshot proved by G.Skill...how do I get to this screen?

 

How did you make the USB drive bootable?

 

I used a program called WinToFlash which copies all the files over from the Windows disc to the USB

http://wintoflash.com/home/en/

my SSD drive (C drive) does not have any operating system installed on it...whenever I try to boot from the USB (F drive) I get the Windows installation screen...do I need to have an OS installed on the C drive and then boot from the USB?

 

are you sure you can't use a DVD instead? On my crucial I had the choice between a DVD and a USB stick.

 

don't think I can do it that way...here are the instructions from G.Skill...

http://gskill.us/forum/showthread.php?t=6257

 

• Put the Windows Vista or Windows 7 installation disc in the disc drive, and then start the computer.
• Press a key when you are prompted.
• Select a language, a time, a currency, a keyboard or an input method, and then click Next.
• Click Repair your computer.
• Click the operating system that you want to repair, and then click Next.
• In the System Recovery Options dialog box, click Command Prompt.

You might have problems opening a command prompt from the Windows DVD image, since you might not get the repair options menu available to you if you haven't yet installed Windows.

If you don't, use UNetbootin to install a DOS .iso image (FreeDOS perhaps, off the top of my head) to the USB drive. Copy across your firmware update program and boot from that.

By the way, the command you need to change directories, is "cd", so:

Code:

cd Falcon
dir

 

why does the Windows 7 install disc need to be in the drive for?...I thought I just copied that over to the USB stick to make it bootable?

I can get into the Command Prompt by hitting 'Shift-F10' but then I cannot locate my firmware file which I put on the USB...so I need to type in 'cd Falcon' to locate the file?

 

Yeah I got confused when writing those. That's what you do if you're booting from the DVD.

If the folder you put them in is called Falcon, then type cd Falcon.

 

try the instructions on this page

 

I ended up saving the files on a floppy drive, booted to a Command Prompt and flashed the firmware that way...much easier...