DL wrote:
> It creates a cd/dvd which is bootable and allows you to intregate drivers
> and other such things into the cd.
>
> However this alone will not enable you to boot from your external drive.
> BTW Since you ignored my first post; to reiterate, when it is stated win
> wont boot from an external disk it means from an external connection. Not
> the type of HD, and since you connect via usb as others have posted it could
> be simply a memory stick.
>
> I dont know whether a mobo with an eSata or external sata connector would
> enable you to boot from an external enclosure.
>
> "RedFox8391" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Stefan Z Camilleri wrote:
>>> On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 02:07:06 +0100, RedFox8391 <(E-Mail Removed)>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks Stephan, but I'm not a techie by any chance, just that I once
>>>> had a desktop with 6 hard drives and different OS's in each, from
>>>> WinForW 3.11, Win95, Win98, WinMe, WinXpHome and Xp-pro, so I thought
>>>> I could install it here in this Laptop without any trouble and all I
>>>> find is *PROBLEMS*?? (that desktop I built with great help from a
>>>> friend, mostly done by him, thank God!!).
>>>> Are you sure I can't do it here?? do you know what those error codes
>>>> do mean't?? wish I would be able to tinker with those usb drivers!!
>>>>
>>>> I do need help, quite a lot, I know!!
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> RedFox
>>> Unfortunately it is not so easy, that error code means "Inaccessible
>>> Boot Device" which is basically what I explained 
>>>
>>> Well, if you're adventerous and want to play around a little, try using
>>> this to build your OS --> http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/
>>>
>>> Remember, even though this is a hdd we're talking about, as far as
>>> windows is concerned, this is just another usb drive... it could be a
>>> pen drive for all it cares.
>>>
>>> The instructions are very detailed, but the idea is that it does what I
>>> explained above for you.
>>>
>>>
>>> --- Stefan Z Camilleri
>>> - www.szc001.com
>> I went to that website and read the page, it seems that it makes a
>> bootable cd/dvd and he also talks about a slipstreemed cd/dvd? is this
>> the same as the other and what exactly that does for me and my
>> problem??please remember that I'm not a techie, I need very detailed
>> instructions in order to understand and be able to follow those
>> instructions, does that boo cd/dvd will make xp boot from the usb
>> drive?? and how so?? I do have the xp cd and a separate sp2 cd, would it
>> make a slipstreemed cd/dvd from the hard drive as he say's??
>>
>> Thanks very much for your patience,
>>
>> RedFox
>
>
DL,
thanks for your advice, it's very welcome. My HD is a sata one that I
bought during a special sale at CompUsa on advice from the local tech
who said that it would work ok either as a sata or an ide even if my
mobo does not offer a sata connection long as I had the external
enclosure with the right connections which I proceeded to get one, the
reason to buy this hd was one of savings, with the special pricing and
rebate, it cost just $29.99!! fo a 160GB hd. For booting up purposes
does not make a difference which hd I use, right???
That cd/dvd from BartPE just allows me to install drivers but does not
allow me to boot from it, right?? still does not allow to finish
installing the xp-pro OS???
My laptop is a Pentium M, Dothan Centrino 1.7GHZ, 845GM Chipset (?), 1
GB Ram, ATI 9700M-11 128MB Ram, 80GB EIDE HD, about 2 yrs old.
As a solution to my problem with running 2 OS's either different ones or
the same, I could reformat the internal hd in 2 partitions (bootable?)
and just use the external for storage purposes right? This problem of
mine with wanting to have 2 bootable hd's mainly was for the purpose of
experimenting with Linux OS's like Ubuntu, see if could learn to work
with it and would like to operate it, I have been looking around and I
think this is the right time to go into it, what do you think about it??
I'm retired and money is not easily available as you might know, but I
would like to get my hands on a older desktop setup, not too old, right?
that way I could eliminate all these problems with extra drives that not
work to my expectations.
Thanks again,
RedFox