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minimal 2k from Ext laptop USB HDD
Name: jackngill Date: November 10, 2006 at 06:25:19 Pacific OS: XP Home CPU/Ram: 512 Product: Medion
Comment:
Hello all,
Bit of Advise please?
I'm thinking of trying to make an external Laptop, 60 gig 5400 HDD within an external USB2/Firewire ext drive box bootable then load a cut down Windows 2K PRO onto it & load lots of portable software for diagnostics and repair tools etc. I know that Barts PE is capable of running from a flash stick but was wondering about the pitfalls of the above suggestion from a USB EXT HDD?
I was thinking of of shaving 2K down with Nlite slipstreaming SP4 & Hot fixes etc. Not sure about using a fat32 or NTFS file system yet & the Hard drive would need to be set "primary active" for booting. I realise that my Mobo/bios will need to have USB Booting capability e.g. USB-HDD & I will need to possibly disable all other boot devices for the process to work etc.
Has anyone ever attempted this or come across links that outline how to do it?
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