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I personally didn't know where to to put this question of mine so I thought here would be fine. Is there a way to have a program automaticlly start up on an usb storage drive? I'm not talking about when I boot up my computer but when I just plug-and-play it<when my computer is already on>. Thanx
kurt
You need an autorun file on your USB drive, Just like the ones off of CD's.
hey ghost i could not get your answer i thought to boot off a usb drive i need to go to my cmos and change the boot sequecnce, i may be wrong , but would you plz be kind enough to clarify my query??
does that answer the question yourdeadin?Quote:
I'm not talking about when I boot up my computer but when I just plug-and-play it<when my computer is already on>
he wants to auto starty a program on the drive.. not boot the computer from the drive..
We have had this discussion before. A 2600 issue had an article about it a while back.
I think there was even a lengthy discussion about this on the Full Disclosure list.
It would seem that it depends on which flash drive you have and which drivers are loaded for it.
Most of the time you will need a thrid party tool to recognize when flash media has been inserted. Then that utility will look for and launch the auto file.
I've tried with all of my flash media. (And I have quite a few different brands and sizes) and I was unable to get any of them to autolaunch. The most I could do was to get it to change the icon that represents the "removable drive" in windows explorer.
If anyone knows otherwise... please post the solution. It would be very handy to be able to use autorun files with usb flash. I can think of at least hundreds of uses.
Check this tutorial
How to make a USB Key Bootable by SDK
SDK: He wants to use the "autorun" feature on the USB flash like you can with CDROMS.
Thus far, I've seen no way to do this without third party software.
Some BIOS allow boot via USB
I thank you all but really<to those who do not understand>::::::
I'm not speaking German here, just read the post! But I thank you anyways for trying to help!Quote:
I'm not talking about when I boot up my computer but when I just plug-and-play it<when my computer is already on>
Thanx, thats what I have been working on but it doesn't work. :(Quote:
You need an autorun file on your USB drive, Just like the ones off of CD's.
Yeah thats how far I got! Thats pretty cool though.Quote:
I've tried with all of my flash media. (And I have quite a few different brands and sizes) and I was unable to get any of them to autolaunch. The most I could do was to get it to change the icon that represents the "removable drive" in windows explorer.
If I sound like I'm b*tching-sorry, just have alot of work going on.
Link : http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...play_works.aspQuote:
Autorun.inf files are not supported under Microsoft Windows XP for drives that return DRIVE_REMOVABLE from GetDriveType.
umm...Thanks SDK. I'll go and cry now jk. I still look around and experiment. oh well
http://www.hsc-us.com/consumer/usb_flashdrive/UDRW.html
This drive supposedly supports autorun. It takes a different approach. It will emulate a CDROM. It mounts both as a cdrom drive (which will execute your autorun) and a removable drive which will not execute the autorun.
However, this function comes at a price. The 256MB is ~$90Quote:
The UD-RW (P/N HUD-RWxxxE) is a USB 2.0 High Speed Flash drive. It combines the flexibility of a USB Flash Drive and the benefit of a CD-RW in one small compact package. The UD-RW's innovative Dual Zone Technology creates two drive icons automatically, a CD-ROM Drive (Read Only Zone) and a Removable Disk Drive (Flash Drive Zone), under 'My Computer'. It allows users to protect their precious data or files in the Read Only Zone while still gives users the ability to modify the contents in the Flash Drive Zone. The UD-RW also incorporates AUTORUN feature which allows a pre-selected program or file in the Read Only Zone to launch automatically upon insertion into the system's USB port. This AUTORUN feature is ideal for companies to distribute their promotional material, company profiles, advertisements, etc. and great for sharing digital photo albums or short film clips with family members.
You can get a regualr 256MB flash drive for under $50.
Is the autorun feature worth $40 more +shipping to you?
Being in the poor state that I am, no! lol. If I had had the money and absolute need, yes. I just thought something like this would be cool and since I was out of ideas and knowledge I decided to ask.Quote:
Is the autorun feature worth $40 more +shipping to you?