Booting Windows over USB device.
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Name: rajibdutta
Date: September 5, 2005 at 04:38:42 Pacific
Subject: Booting Windows over USB device.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? Please let me know. Thanks,
-Rajib.
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Response Number 1
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Name: 1stepbeyond
Date: September 5, 2005 at 06:08:58 Pacific
Subject: Booting Windows over USB device. |
Reply: (edit)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
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Name: azzhole
Date: September 5, 2005 at 06:09:36 Pacific
Subject: Booting Windows over USB device. |
Reply: (edit)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
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Name: kev100
Date: September 5, 2005 at 11:09:14 Pacific
Subject: Booting Windows over USB device. |
Reply: (edit)I've just skimmed over this...but for any others referenceing booting windows from a Flash drive...here's another reference: http://www.weethet.nl/english/hardware_bootfromusbstick.php > PLEASE CONTRIBUTE to Computing.net - Report back which suggestions did/didn't help. <
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Response Number 4
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Name: blackbill
Date: September 6, 2005 at 02:29:29 Pacific
Subject: Booting Windows over USB device. |
Reply: (edit)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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