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From: Eric Gisin on 26 Jan 2008 09:18 "Timothy Daniels" <SpamBucket(a)NoSpamPlease.biz> wrote in message news:479ae0b2$0$24118$4c368faf(a)roadrunner.com... >> The system needs to be able to boot from the usb drive too, not >> all can. > > > Can you name one PC (make and model) that can boot from > a USB hard drive (as opposed to a USB floppy drive or a USB > flash drive)? > No difference between the two, other than the Int13 unit (00/80). Windows cannot boot from USB though. Bart's PE has a USB hack.
From: Timothy Daniels on 26 Jan 2008 20:33 "Rod Speed" wrote: > Timothy Daniels wrote: >> Rod Speed wrote >>> The system needs to be able to boot from the usb drive too, >>> not all can. > >> Can you name one PC (make and model) that can boot from >> a USB hard drive (as opposed to a USB floppy drive or a USB flash drive)? > > Yes, but it also depends on what OS you want to boot. Let us suppose Windows XP or Windows Vista. *TimDaniels*
From: Rod Speed on 26 Jan 2008 20:36
Timothy Daniels <SpamBucket(a)NoSpamPlease.biz> wrote > Rod Speed wrote >> Timothy Daniels wrote >>> Rod Speed wrote >>>> The system needs to be able to boot from the usb drive too, not all can. >>> Can you name one PC (make and model) that can boot from a USB hard drive (as opposed to a USB floppy drive or a USB >>> flash drive)? >> Yes, but it also depends on what OS you want to boot. > Let us suppose Windows XP or Windows Vista. Then you have a problem, and thats nothing to do with the PC, everything to do with what XP or Vista can do easily, once you have a PC that can boot a USB with another OS like say PE on it. |