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Can't boot from USB device
Name: TrickYAH Date: November 19, 2006 at 04:48:57 Pacific OS: WinXP Pro CPU/Ram: AMDX2 / 2GB Product: me
Comment:
Hi,
I just cloned my windows installation to an external harddrive using HD-clone pro,
Now, i want to boot my windows on the extern, but i can't seem to do that..
I tried disabling all other drives ect in the BIOS but it either still boots up from the main harddrive or from the slave, So how can i make it boot from the extern..?
Name: kjm Date: November 19, 2006 at 05:21:36 Pacific
Reply:
Good question. I have the same problem.
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Response Number 2
Name: suatcini Date: November 19, 2006 at 05:51:56 Pacific
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Do you have the option to boot from USB drive in the BIOS ? If yes, then make it the first boot drive.
But if you think about booting into Windows thru a USB drive, I do not know if you can do it.
Regards
suatcini
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Response Number 3
Name: don1 Date: November 19, 2006 at 08:01:22 Pacific
Reply:
xp is never bootable fr external hd. Alternative only over Bartpe.
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Response Number 4
Name: QuiescentWonder Date: November 19, 2006 at 21:55:36 Pacific
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That's wrong, you can boot XP from any bootable device which can be written to. XP cannot be installed to a USB device but will boot from it. The issue is probably that your BIOS doesn't support booting from USB, try updating your BIOS to the newest version. You can usually find the newest version from your PC manufacturers website.
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Response Number 5
Name: don1 Date: November 20, 2006 at 20:09:14 Pacific
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If you could make xp system bootable on external hd, then you could bootup any other pc with that external hd too, like linux distro. Remember M$ designed xp, just one xp system on one pc.
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Response Number 6
Name: TrickYAH Date: November 21, 2006 at 12:47:36 Pacific
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Well, i've checked the net a little and it seems that you cannot physically run XP from a USB device.. It's technically impossible.
Why? Windows allways reinitializes any USB devices at boot, it switches them off for a second, ever noticed your keyboard or mouse leds flash while you boot?
This also happens with the external HDD so it's not able to complete the boot.
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