Booting from USB flash drive with Gigabyte GA-G33-DS3R motherboard

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Windows XP does not correctly format a USB flash drive’s boot sector.
Instead use HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool to format in FAT32.
http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Hard-Disk-Utils/HP-USB-Disk-Storage-Format-Tool.shtml
This utility enables an image file to be used to boot the USB flash
drive e.g. from a Windows 98 Startup Disk.

For most Linux distros, Universal USB Installer will do the whole job,
including formatting.
http://www.pendrivelinux.com/universal-usb-installer-easy-as-1-2-3/

To boot from the USB flash drive, keep hitting F12 during boot up,
then select + Hard Disc from the Boot Menu. On the next menu, USB-
HDD0 : NAME will appear at the top of the list and will boot
successfully if the USB flash drive has been formatted correctly.
 
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