Booting from external usb hard drive
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From: Doug on 31 Mar 2010 09:00 Will S wrote: > Well you could try a boot manager like GAG from http://gag.sourceforge.net/ > > I havent tried it yet but when I get my SSD I am going to use it > Thanks for that Wills. I have now downloaded it and will see what it can do. Doug.
From: Will S on 1 Apr 2010 23:14 "Doug" <dougea(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:DJGsn.173092$wr5.79795(a)newsfe22.iad... > Will S wrote: >> Well you could try a boot manager like GAG from >> http://gag.sourceforge.net/ >> >> I havent tried it yet but when I get my SSD I am going to use it >> > Thanks for that Wills. I have now downloaded it and will see what it can > do. > > Doug. Have found a problem, apparently when installed on seperate hard drives it can trigger your av program and show as a virus program Anyway I found a simple work around that I missed, my motherboard has a hard drive manager, when I press f12 I can then select what hard drive to boot from
From: Doug on 8 Apr 2010 06:16 Doc Shenley wrote: > "Doug" <dougea(a)gmail.com> wrote in message >>>>>> Well can't then, simple >>>>>> There is no support for USB HD >>>>>> The hard Disk only refers to IDE or SATA drives not USB >>>> Thanks for that. I have now given up. >>> I still don't understand how you managed to install xp to the external if >>> you can't boot from it? >> I removed the "C" hard drive and installed XP on the external which the >> cmos setup hard disk boot priority list showed as USB-HDD0-Maxtor Basics >> Portable, it just loaded OK, I don't know how. > > This shows clearly that your board is capable of booting the drive. Boot > with the drive plugged in and press Del to go into the BIOS. Tab to the > BOOT section and tab to the hard drives. The external should be listed with > any other hard drives you have installed. Tab to the external and do the > plus-minus stuff until the external is at the top (or number 1). Continue > the boot and it should boot from your external. I have now had to use the external for backups and will have to wait until I can get another drive to be able to carry out your instructions. When that happens I will let you know the outcome. Doug.
From: Doc Shenley on 9 Apr 2010 00:16
"Doug" <dougea(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:%1ivn.35326$u62.526(a)newsfe10.iad... > Doc Shenley wrote: >> "Doug" <dougea(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > >>>>>>> Well can't then, simple >>>>>>> There is no support for USB HD >>>>>>> The hard Disk only refers to IDE or SATA drives not USB >>>>> Thanks for that. I have now given up. >>>> I still don't understand how you managed to install xp to the external >>>> if you can't boot from it? >>> I removed the "C" hard drive and installed XP on the external which the >>> cmos setup hard disk boot priority list showed as USB-HDD0-Maxtor Basics >>> Portable, it just loaded OK, I don't know how. >> >> This shows clearly that your board is capable of booting the drive. Boot >> with the drive plugged in and press Del to go into the BIOS. Tab to the >> BOOT section and tab to the hard drives. The external should be listed >> with any other hard drives you have installed. Tab to the external and >> do the plus-minus stuff until the external is at the top (or number 1). >> Continue the boot and it should boot from your external. > > I have now had to use the external for backups and will have to wait until > I > can get another drive to be able to carry out your instructions. When that > happens > I will let you know the outcome. If it works, don't forget to reset the bios to your main hard drive BEFORE you disconnect the external. Otherwise, as I did, you might lock up the bios. In which case you may have to remove the battery and do a bios reset. > > Doug. > > > |