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[TeenChristian]

Hey there! Lately I've been trying to get Chromium OS on my USB drive so I could use it when my usb drive was in my computer. I followed a bunch of steps to write an image to my usb drive and etc. I was unsuccessful in getting it to work, and not apparently I have to format it to get it working again. here is my problem:

When it asks me what capacity to format it to, it says 1 GB... I'm using a USB drive with 8 GB's. Have I lost 7 GB of storage or is there a way to get it back?

Thanks CC!

[Alexander]

The flash memory within can be formatted/partitioned any which way, you won't lose anything through experimentation. What I'd recommend is downloading HP's USB formatter: HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool - v2.1.8 Download - EXTREME Overclocking , as it's formats in an actually proper method, make sure it's formatted as FAT16/32 as you don't want to need to load NTFS drivers to do anything in another OS.

Is your Chromium image an ISO? Mount the ISO in Windows through daemon tools (may require restart), and then open up command line and you can run this, make "D:" is the mounted drive, and "E:" is the USB flash drive!

xcopy D:\*.* E: /s/e/f 

That should get you a workable bootable USB image, also ensure within your BIOS it's set to boot from your USB drive first before CD/HDD.

I never used Chromium, so I'm not sure if my steps are not the best, just ask if you need any more specifics.