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Booting Windows over USB device.
Name: rajibdutta Date: September 5, 2005 at 04:38:42 Pacific OS: Windows. CPU/Ram: Pentium 4.
Comment:
Hi,
If I store the boot image in a USB device (e.g. USB portable hard disk), can I boot my PC from there? Is it possible?
Name: 1stepbeyond Date: September 5, 2005 at 06:08:58 Pacific
Reply:
Hi if your PC supports booting from usb there shouldnt be any problem . more detail here: http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1676
regards
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Response Number 2
Name: azzhole Date: September 5, 2005 at 06:09:36 Pacific
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I have a bytestor 256mb usb flash drive. If I jsut plug it in it works fine. But it included soem software which you could put a passwrod on the drive and also CREATE A BOOT IMAGE.
So, if your motheboard bios supports it, yes, it is possible. Some versions of linux can be booted form a usb flash drive as opposed to a live cd.
Hope this helps. Good luck Aaron
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Response Number 3
Name: kev100 Date: September 5, 2005 at 11:09:14 Pacific
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I've just skimmed over this...but for any others referenceing booting windows from a Flash drive...here's another reference:
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Response Number 4
Name: blackbill Date: September 6, 2005 at 02:29:29 Pacific
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You can boot from just about anywhere, including USB if you use BOOTITNG. It's a boot manager that will redirect your boot to just about any device you wish.
Easy to install and use. You can get it from www.bootitng.com for about $35 (US)
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