From: muta...@gmail.com   
      
   On Friday, March 24, 2023 at 4:21:57 PM UTC+8, wolfgang kern wrote:   
      
   > > Right-click on the start menu and choose "disk    
   > > management". Although normally I have created    
   > > virtual hard disks. And when I have a virtual hard    
   > > disk I like I will then burn that to a USB stick using    
   > > Win32 disk imager.   
      
   > doesn't show FAT32 for CD nor USB.   
      
   What options do you see for a virtual hard disk?   
      
   I just went to create a virtual hard disk as above.   
      
   I made it fixed size (500 MB).   
      
   I initialized it as MBR.   
      
   I created a new simple volume and the formatting   
   options included FAT (which means 12/16), FAT32   
   and NTFS.   
      
   I haven't retested a direct to USB stick/CD.   
      
   But that image can definitely be burned to USB stick.   
      
   > I might need to buy me an older second hand PC for this,    
   > but what I found so far is either damaged or not suitable.   
      
   I am using a modern machine and Windows 10. It works fine.   
      
   > > You probably just haven't put a bootable (\EFI\BOOT\BOOTX64.EFI)    
   > > USB stick into the machine so that it is recognized and presented    
   > > to you as a boot option.   
      
   > the problem still is to create a UEFI64 USB   
      
   Unless there is a glitch in the Matrix that makes Windows 10   
   work for me (in the Philippines), but not you (in Germany?),   
   it should be simple.   
      
   > > Sure. But you can buy a new PC with a serial port, right?   
      
   > probable not. New boards don't have such anymore.   
      
   Really?   
      
   I thought the thing was there, it just didn't have anything   
   attached.   
      
   > > If neither the display nor a serial port is available to    
   > > test some machine code, I don't know what other    
   > > option you might have to test sign of life.   
      
   > screen will work after figure where the graphic RAM reside.   
      
   Ok.   
      
   > > I don't suppose you can switch the num lock key    
   > > on or something via direct hardware manipulation?   
      
   > yes of course I can. My OS is as hardware near as the CPU is :)   
      
   Ok, so maybe you can do it within the space available.   
      
   > > BTW, you didn't explain what the restriction is.   
      
   > in which context ?   
      
   What you've started answering below.   
      
   > > What software are you willing to download?   
      
   > that depends on just one thing: usability.    
      
   Ok, so create a VHD (MBR/FAT-anything) and then burn to   
   physical USB stick with this:   
      
   https://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager/   
      
   Then I want to see evidence of your BIOS not accepting   
   booting from it.   
      
   Do you have the name of your BIOS or anything so that   
   I can see documentation? I already searched for your   
   PC type but didn't see a manual.   
      
   BFN. Paul.   
      
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