Hi, yes, I did as instructed and created a bootable flash drive. However, the exe used to create the bootable drive only put two files on it: command.com and kernel.sys. So when I booted with it, dump.bat was not found. So I copied all of the files from the dos directory it provided onto the flash drive. This included dump.bat. After loading all this onto the flash drive the process was as described in the instructions, except for dump.bat, which failed to read track0 of any disk? Here is a list of the files on the flash drive:
Volume in drive F is LEXAR MEDIA
Volume Serial Number is 7C0E-1AD6
Directory of F:\
11/27/2002 03:39 PM 30,802 subst.exe
08/17/2006 09:57 PM 14,561 sys.com
08/30/2006 10:26 AM 2,009 tickle.com
07/07/2001 05:33 AM 9,893 tree.com
05/26/2004 06:14 PM 49,286 unzip.exe
02/08/2006 02:02 AM 3,745 XCDROM.SYS
08/02/2006 06:40 AM 15,543 xcopy.exe
02/15/2006 08:03 AM 2,535 xdma.sys
12/24/1999 07:37 AM 51,295 zip.exe
01/23/2006 11:14 PM 3,115 append.exe
01/26/1997 05:46 PM 13,867 assign.com
06/30/2003 07:10 PM 5,044 attrib.com
05/12/2004 08:03 PM 4,595 cdrcache.sys
07/03/2006 04:14 AM 35,380 chkdsk.exe
09/19/2003 07:08 PM 5,219 choice.exe
08/05/2003 04:27 PM 1,764 comp.com
06/29/2006 03:16 PM 27,780 country.sys
05/31/2003 06:09 PM 5,722 ctmouse.exe
08/31/2006 04:26 PM 33,767 cwsdpmi.exe
04/19/2004 09:38 AM 20,650 debug.com
08/03/2006 03:11 PM 46,607 defrag.exe
07/02/2006 04:37 AM 5,292 defrag.hlp
07/24/2006 03:22 AM 3,099 deltree.com
11/04/2005 07:19 AM 3,058 devload.com
06/05/2003 09:05 PM 6,490 diskcomp.com
08/06/2004 04:32 AM 24,505 diskcopy.exe
03/19/2003 11:10 AM 512 diskcopy.ini
08/06/2006 01:54 PM 62,535 display.exe
04/15/2006 12:19 AM 58,364 dosfsck.exe
06/29/2005 01:00 PM 16 drvon.com
08/23/2010 10:50 PM 184 dump.bat
07/24/2006 05:29 AM 59,743 edit.exe
05/14/2005 12:39 AM 30,189 edit.hlp
08/19/2006 05:43 AM 23,022 edlin.exe
08/25/2006 08:09 AM 16,799 emm386.exe
01/09/2005 08:03 PM 14,835 fc.exe
05/22/2005 11:16 PM 6,344 fdapm.com
09/04/2006 08:33 PM 881 fdconfig.sys
07/24/2006 06:56 AM 35,880 fdisk.exe
11/30/2002 05:14 AM 8,447 fdisk.ini
07/23/2002 03:04 PM 21,232 fdiskpt.ini
08/30/2006 12:22 PM 4,044 fdshield.com
05/28/2005 03:42 PM 4,620 FDXMS286.SYS
05/30/2003 10:57 AM 4,870 find.com
01/14/2006 04:15 AM 31,216 format.exe
06/11/2003 05:31 AM 2,498 graph-hp.com
06/09/2003 09:17 AM 2,423 graphpin.com
06/09/2003 09:17 AM 2,468 graph-ps.com
08/25/2006 07:53 AM 8,058 himem.exe
08/28/2006 03:49 PM 10,809 keyb.exe
08/25/2006 07:50 PM 33,196 keyboard.sys
08/25/2006 07:50 PM 25,431 keybrd2.sys
05/23/2003 03:38 PM 4,129 label.exe
08/30/2006 09:30 AM 7,443 lbacache.com
09/04/2006 08:29 PM 1,653 loadcd.bat
08/25/2006 10:26 PM 14,941 mem.exe
05/12/2005 01:05 PM 16,254 mode.com
07/15/2003 02:39 AM 5,658 more.exe
08/30/2006 04:20 AM 15,340 move.exe
06/29/2006 12:01 PM 4,291 nansi.sys
08/22/2006 08:40 AM 2,839 nlsfunc.exe
03/12/2005 10:53 AM 4,088 pcisleep.com
03/25/2001 04:10 AM 21,234 replace.exe
09/14/2005 03:09 AM 6,320 share.com
12/21/2005 10:31 AM 15,705 shrdrv86.exe
05/30/2005 05:18 AM 2,423 shsucdhd.exe
12/26/2005 05:00 AM 5,612 shsucdx.com
67 File(s) 1,022,169 bytes
0 Dir(s) 127,455,232 bytes free
When I first ran dump.bat I thought there was a problem running at the C:\ prompt because the dump.bat said that it was reading drive A:\? I even tried modifying the batch file, changing the "/DSK:A" to "DSK:C" for diagnosis purposes; the end result was the same error. This notebook has an unusal set of boot choices in the BIOS. I think that I made the correct choice because it does boot on the flash drive, but the fact that it is identified as drive C: is confusing to me. Again, I haven't installed MBRTOOL on the computer yet. I don't know why it wasn't part of the installation package that created the bootable flash drive?