• 1). Insert the floppy disk into your computer's floppy disk drive.
  
  
• 2). Double-click on the "My Computer" icon, and then right-click on the "A:" drive and click "Format."
  
  
• 3). Click on the box next to "Create an MS-DOS startup disk," and then click on the "Start" button.
  
  
• 4). Wait for the formatting process to complete.
  
  

Creating a bootable USB Drive/External Hard Drive

• 1). Insert the USB drive or connect the USB cable from an external drive into an available port on your computer. Turn on your computer and wait for your computer to recognize the drive.
  
  
• 2). Go to the "Start" menu, and then go to "All Programs" and right-click on the "Accessories" menu. Select "Run as Administrator."
  
  
• 3). Click on the "Command Prompt" application under the "Accessories" drop-down menu. Or, you can type *cmd in the Start menu search box, or you can hit "Ctrl + Shift + Enter."
  
  
• 4). Type "List Disk" into the Command Prompt window. A list of available disks will be listed in the Command Prompt window. Your USB drive or external hard drive will either be Disk 1 or Disk 2. You can verify which disk is the external or USB disk after you select it from the list. After you select a disk the size of each disk will be listed next to the corresponding disk.
  
  
• 5). Type in the following commands one-by-one to complete the formatting process:
  
  SELECT DISK 1
  CLEAN
  CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY
  SELECT PARTITION 1
  ACTIVE
  FORMAT FS=NTFS
  ASSIGN
  EXIT