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WinXPPro USB External Hard Drive???
Name: Frankenstein Date: August 30, 2008 at 08:45:16 Pacific OS: WinXP Pro CPU/Ram: Product:
Comment:
Is it or is it not impossible to boot WinXP Pro from an external Hard Drive via a USB cable, as I have read a numerous amount of posts and articles regarding this and some say that it is possible and some say that it is not possible; I have also tried several configurations for setup to make this work to no avail and the BIOS has all USB configurations enabled, however at the moment the external drive is not even detected? Thank you.
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Response Number 2
Name: fleximan Date: August 30, 2008 at 23:50:57 Pacific
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In setup screen, you can't see your usb hdd, but in boot sequance in advanced options you can select your usb drive as fisrt boot. And you can boot from your usb hard disk.
Name: don1 Date: August 31, 2008 at 07:25:09 Pacific
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Minimum requirements before you start to create xp.iso for usb external HD (see ngine). Xp will work for that machine only, where you installed it. How to make xp generic you have to visit bootland website.
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