From: adam@address.invalid   
      
   TJ wrote:   
   > On 06/16/2012 06:56 PM, Adam wrote:   
   >   
   >> Also I don't see any option to boot   
   >> from USB, but then the new box is an HP and my 2007 Compaq didn't have   
   >> that option either.   
   >>   
   > It's possible that non-standard boot devices like USB flash drives don't   
   > appear on your list of choices unless a bootable device is actually   
   > connected. My Asus-made Fujitsu motherboard is like that, and it's even   
   > older than your Compaq. It also has an option where, if you want to   
   > bypass the standard boot device list, you can do so by pressing F12   
   > during POST. That gives you a menu of all bootable devices, from which   
   > you select the one you want.   
   >   
   > It seems strange to me that HP wouldn't have added a similar option by now.   
      
   Well, whaddaya know!  I just discovered that even my 2007 Compaq has   
   that option, by pressing ESC during powerup.  I just don't recall seeing   
   it documented anywhere.  My first guess was ESC, and it turned out to be   
   right, because the new box flashes "press ESC for boot menu" at powerup.   
     And both machines do show that flash drive in their list, now that I   
   marked one partition on it as "bootable" -- I think that was what did   
   it.  It also shows up in the BIOS (or whatever it's called now) "select   
   boot order" list.  Thanks for helping me find out something new about a   
   system I've had for over four years!   
      
   Adam   
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