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From: johan on 12 Apr 2010 08:21 I do have my comp bios set to boot from a CD before the C: drive, if necessary. What I'm wondering now is whether it is possible to have my comp boot from an external hd if it finds that the C: drive is not bootable?
From: Man-wai Chang to The Door (33600bps) on 12 Apr 2010 09:35 > necessary. What I'm wondering now is whether it is possible to have > my comp boot from an external hd if it finds that the C: drive is not > bootable? Check the BIOS settings. What motherboard are you using? -- @~@ Might, Courage, Vision, SINCERITY. / v \ Simplicity is Beauty! May the Force and Farce be with you! /( _ )\ (x86_64 Ubuntu 9.10) Linux 2.6.33.2 ^ ^ 21:35:01 up 8 days 13:27 2 users load average: 0.00 0.00 0.00 不借貸! 不詐騙! 不援交! 不打交! 不打劫! 不自殺! 請考慮綜援 (CSSA): http://www.swd.gov.hk/tc/index/site_pubsvc/page_socsecu/sub_addressesa
From: Yousuf Khan on 12 Apr 2010 12:16 johan(a)0qwr.com wrote: > I do have my comp bios set to boot from a CD before the C: drive, if > necessary. What I'm wondering now is whether it is possible to have > my comp boot from an external hd if it finds that the C: drive is not > bootable? Usually there should be another option available besides just booting from CD/DVD. There should also be an option available for booting from USB. Yousuf Khan
From: Rod Speed on 12 Apr 2010 14:59
johan(a)0qwr.com wrote: > I do have my comp bios set to boot from a CD before the C: drive, if > necessary. What I'm wondering now is whether it is possible to have my > comp boot from an external hd if it finds that the C: drive is not bootable? Varys with the bios. The bios needs to be able to do that, particularly with usb external drives, and not only that, the OS on the usb external drive needs to be able to do that too. It can get rather tricky with Win, its not just a matter of copying the OS to the external drive. Possible tho if the bios can do it. |