Can I format a usb stick on windows xp, in HFS+ format, and make the usb stick mac os x bootable?
- by user717236
My Intel Mac OS X computer is corrupt and I feel, at this point, I need to perform a fresh install of the OS.  It consistently and automatically logs out, right after I log in.  I tried logging in as the root.  I tried safe boot and it wouldn't load.
Anyway, the point is I want put the Mac OS X installer on a USB thumb drive and have it boot up on the Intel Mac OS X computer.  Unfortunately, the computer is inaccessible, as I mentioned above.
So, I have a Windows XP machine that I'm using and attempting to create a bootable USB thumb drive that's compatible with Mac OS X.
I have tried transmac, macdrive, and paradox for windows -- all of which proved unable to format the usb stick in HFS+.  How do I know this?  Well, even though the Transmac reports that's been formatted to HFS+, Computer Management in Windows says otherwise:
 
I even put the installer on the usb drive, after transmac reportedly formatted it properly, and the mac os x computer didn't even recognize that a USB thumb drive was inserted, via pressing the option key at boot-up time.
I'm not sure what the problem is and how to actually format the drive.  
Can anybody offer any help?  I would appreciate it.  Thank you.