Well I just got my new Dell PC, a GX270 Tower and the new inspiron laptop is on order. Funny thing about the new laptop and PC is that Dell has started charging to put a floppy drive in the machine. Me being the eternal pesimist that I am, I thought to myself, "Self, how are we going to do silly little things like upgrade the bios or boot to a floppy without this $50 option?" Well fortunately for me, I stumbled across this bit of information when flipping through the bios: all new Dell's can now boot from a USB "Jump Drive" with the appropriate software loaded onto the USB drive. You have all seen these things, and no good, self-respecting geek would be seen dead without one. These things have really started to replace floppy drives, and really when you think about it, even a 64MB Jump Drive will cost you all of $25.

Once you update your bios and get yourself a Jump Drive, you will need to get that drive so that you can boot to it. If you have a Dell Computer, go to this site for detailed instructions on how to make the Jump Drive bootable Memory Key Tools: Driver. If you don't have a DELL, you can download a completely different file from my site that will help you create the boot files. Software has no warranty. Sorry to be like that, but I did not write the application and will NOT support the application!!

Don't know if this will help anyone, but I hope it does and if it doesn't help anyone else, it will help me to remember the procedure.