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From: dreammaker on 2 Jul 2010 12:12 I would like my laptop to boot from an external drive until I can replace the internal drive. can you tell me how to boot from my external drive? -- dreammaker ------------------------------------------------------------------------ dreammaker's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/239786.htm View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/xp-hardware/1350506.htm http://forums.techarena.in
From: John John - MVP on 2 Jul 2010 12:55 dreammaker wrote: > I would like my laptop to boot from an external drive until I can > replace the internal drive. > can you tell me how to boot from my external drive? What kind of external drive? USB? eSata? Firewire? John
From: Bruce Chambers on 2 Jul 2010 14:24 dreammaker wrote: > I would like my laptop to boot from an external drive until I can > replace the internal drive. > can you tell me how to boot from my external drive? > > WinXP is specifically designed *NOT* to boot from an external drive, although it can be "fooled" into doing so from an eSATA drive, because WinXP "assumes" that any SATA drive is internal. -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers. ~ Denis Diderot
From: Shenan Stanley on 2 Jul 2010 14:23
dreammaker wrote: > I would like my laptop to boot from an external drive until I can > replace the internal drive. > can you tell me how to boot from my external drive? USB? Unlikely - even if some of the methods workd for XP - by the time you got it setup you'd hopefully have your new internal hard drive and either have set it up from scratch or cloned/imaged it from your old system. -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html |