hp drive key boot utility download

The hp drive key boot utility will be used to create a boot able usb disk. With this boot able usb disk we will do lots of great things like use it as a tool to recover / Upgrade BIOS / Firmware Updates / Offline virus scan The tool was supplied by HP but can be use on any models of pcs, only if the pcs has USB Legacy Boot Support for USB Drives. (USB enabled before the os has booted. How To Install The Hp Drive Key Boot Utility


Step one to do is backup of all the files in the USB stick as we are going to format all files in the USB stick.

Next download the HP drive key boot utility from the link in the first line in this document then extract the zip file on your local disk, then browse to the files you got and click HPUSBFX.exe.

Now on the gui tool choose the drive of the usb thumb disk. Under file system choose fat32. Select the box “Create a DOS Startup Disk” Then select … then search to the folders you extracted the download to and select to the “BOOT_DISK_FILES” folder. I will suggest you select the fast format. Click OK > Start > OK. The utility will now format your usb thumb disk

Configuring Hp Drive Key Boot Utility

When In windows move the file you wish to utilize in to the usb thumb disk. Please Note this file needs to run in dos mode. When the file is in the usb thumb disk now make sure the usb thumb disk is plugged in your pcs and restart your computer. Your usb thumb disk will now boot to dos mode and you can run the files you copied to the usb disk

Warning ; some pcs will need to activate usb disk booting in the pcs BIOS in which case go to the systems BIOS and activate ”USB Booting” and USB Legacy Booting, Also look at the systems boot priority list and check that the USB device is first in the list.

When you have booted to the systems USB drive you will see a black screen, You can type the command to use your file you copyied to the USB disk previously. If you don’t know of what command you can do type DIR at the command prompt and press enter and the computer will show all the programs on the USB disk you can enter

This type of bootable USB disk is usually used to execute system updates as well firmware installs on your system as well as a recovery tool for windows, Continue