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boot up from external HDD enclosure
Name: vien Date: October 25, 2005 at 17:58:37 Pacific OS: Windows XP Professional CPU/Ram: Pentium 4 2.4GHz, 256MB R
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hi everyone,
I am looking at this external hard drive enclosure, http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1337265&Tab=0&NoMapp=0
is it possible to boot up and install Windows ME or Windows XP from this external hard drive enclosure? Assume that my motherboard supports booting up from USB-HDD. Thank you for any helps.
Name: Badboy Date: October 25, 2005 at 20:25:27 Pacific
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I don't think that you can install WINXP on this drive and boot into the OS from it but I'm going to watch this thread to see if someone has.
If you could do that, you would have portable OS that you could migrate from computer to computer ... which I don't think Microsoft would allow.
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Response Number 2
Name: vien Date: October 26, 2005 at 07:29:39 Pacific
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Thank you. If it couldn't boot from the external hard drive, why motherboard maker builds in an option to boot from the USB-HDD and other devices as well?
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Response Number 3
Name: XpUser Date: October 26, 2005 at 08:25:02 Pacific
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That's a good question.
i_XpUser
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Response Number 4
Name: vien Date: October 26, 2005 at 11:19:26 Pacific
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Response Number 5
Name: XpUser Date: October 26, 2005 at 11:43:00 Pacific
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OK. I don't remember where I got the info from but anyway here is what someone wrote:
Why can't I install Windows on my USB drive?
A collection of limitations (both hardware and software) currently prevent Windows from booting and running off a USB drive. Some of them are described in WinHEC 2003 White paper. Another reason not mentioned in this paper is that during any hot-plug operation, the USB bus is completely reinitialized. Windows really doesn't like it when it loses access to its boot device. Imagine, you plug in a USB camera, the USB bus reinitializes, Windows loses access to the boot drive, and *oops* the kernel needs to page in some data and it can't.
i_XpUser
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Response Number 6
Name: Zenith Date: October 26, 2005 at 13:53:15 Pacific
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Yes, you can boot from the USB external, but it depends what operating system you want to boot. You cannot install XP from it. Has to do with the USB drivers are not loaded in XP until it is fully installed.
98% of the population is asleep. The other 2% are staring around in complete amazement, abject terror, or both.
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Response Number 7
Name: vien Date: October 26, 2005 at 17:30:29 Pacific
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thank you very much guys. I don't have to waste money to test this... hihiiiiiiii
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