Running XP Sp3, OE6, IE8
I recently bought an external hard disk which is attached to my desktop pc
with USB.
I also have a program called Acronis which is supposed to copy or clone,
backup, etc.
It has you create a Bootable Rescue Media Builder which I put on a USB key.

My idea was to copy my entire pc disk to the external hard disk and then
periodically
back it up and if my pc went (it is old) I could restart from my external
hard disk.

In talking with a guy who owns a computer shop, he tells me I cannot reboot
from a
USB. He insists that is the case. If so I have been wasting a lot of time
trying to
insure I don't have to reinstall everything or lose my data.

Perhaps I should just copy my data and figure I will have to reinstall all
the programs,
settings, etc.?
I am getting more confused.
Patti

On Feb 24, 2:37*pm, "Patti Barden" <pa...@freeola.com> wrote:
> Running XP Sp3, OE6, IE8
> I recently bought an external hard disk which is attached to my desktop pc
> with USB.
> I also have a program called Acronis which is supposed to copy or clone,
> backup, etc.
> It has you create a Bootable Rescue Media Builder which I put on a USB key.
>
> My idea was to copy my entire pc disk to the external hard disk and then
> periodically
> back it up and if my pc went (it is old) I could restart from my external
> hard disk.
>
> In talking with a guy who owns a computer shop, he tells me I cannot reboot
> from a
> USB. He insists that is the case. If so I have been wasting a lot of time
> trying to
> insure I don't have to reinstall everything or lose my data.
>
> Perhaps I should just copy my data and figure I will have to reinstall all
> the programs,
> settings, etc.?
> I am getting more confused.
> Patti

Patti, I believe you need a special USB key. I have a Cruzer with
partition which has a zipped "LaunchPad, autorun.inf & "LaunchU3.exe.
It appears on the PC setup as two drives(?). One is Cruzer (labeled
"M") & the other as "U3 System (L). This, I have been told (but never
tried!) can be used for your purpose. I also have two external HDD's &
know that I can't boot from either.

Don't you write the Bootable Rescue Media to a CD and then boot from the CD?
"Patti Barden" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%23U%23$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Running XP Sp3, OE6, IE8
> I recently bought an external hard disk which is attached to my desktop pc
> with USB.
> I also have a program called Acronis which is supposed to copy or clone,
> backup, etc.
> It has you create a Bootable Rescue Media Builder which I put on a USB
> key.
>
> My idea was to copy my entire pc disk to the external hard disk and then
> periodically
> back it up and if my pc went (it is old) I could restart from my external
> hard disk.
>
> In talking with a guy who owns a computer shop, he tells me I cannot
> reboot from a
> USB. He insists that is the case. If so I have been wasting a lot of time
> trying to
> insure I don't have to reinstall everything or lose my data.
>
> Perhaps I should just copy my data and figure I will have to reinstall all
> the programs,
> settings, etc.?
> I am getting more confused.
> Patti
>

you did not give us any info on your mobo so we could check if it was capable of
booting
from USB...not all are capable of this but if it is it would be listed in your
BIOS settings
under boot devices...
you could just remake the Resue Media onto a CD/DVD.
You can still image/backup your HD to the USB connected external drive.
The Rescue Media will see all of the drives connected internal or external.
I use Acronis True Image and have made the Rescue Media but I made it on a CD.
I image my HD to an external USB connected HD.I have tested and it works.

peter

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"Patti Barden" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:#U#$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Running XP Sp3, OE6, IE8
> I recently bought an external hard disk which is attached to my desktop pc
> with USB.
> I also have a program called Acronis which is supposed to copy or clone,
> backup, etc.
> It has you create a Bootable Rescue Media Builder which I put on a USB key.
>
> My idea was to copy my entire pc disk to the external hard disk and then
> periodically
> back it up and if my pc went (it is old) I could restart from my external hard
> disk.
>
> In talking with a guy who owns a computer shop, he tells me I cannot reboot
> from a
> USB. He insists that is the case. If so I have been wasting a lot of time
> trying to
> insure I don't have to reinstall everything or lose my data.
>
> Perhaps I should just copy my data and figure I will have to reinstall all the
> programs,
> settings, etc.?
> I am getting more confused.
> Patti
>

You cannot boot from an external USB drive or any external drive. Your computer guy
was correct in advising you

--
Peter

Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.

"Patti Barden" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%23U%23$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Running XP Sp3, OE6, IE8
> I recently bought an external hard disk which is attached to my desktop pc with
> USB.
> I also have a program called Acronis which is supposed to copy or clone, backup,
> etc.
> It has you create a Bootable Rescue Media Builder which I put on a USB key.
>
> My idea was to copy my entire pc disk to the external hard disk and then
> periodically
> back it up and if my pc went (it is old) I could restart from my external hard
> disk.
>
> In talking with a guy who owns a computer shop, he tells me I cannot reboot from a
> USB. He insists that is the case. If so I have been wasting a lot of time trying
> to
> insure I don't have to reinstall everything or lose my data.
>
> Perhaps I should just copy my data and figure I will have to reinstall all the
> programs,
> settings, etc.?
> I am getting more confused.
> Patti
>

The Acronis bootable rescue media is designed to boot from, obviously, then
use its tools to recover the image you have stored on your external drive.
You can also boot from the Acronis cd, then recover

"Patti Barden" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%23U%23$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Running XP Sp3, OE6, IE8
> I recently bought an external hard disk which is attached to my desktop pc
> with USB.
> I also have a program called Acronis which is supposed to copy or clone,
> backup, etc.
> It has you create a Bootable Rescue Media Builder which I put on a USB
> key.
>
> My idea was to copy my entire pc disk to the external hard disk and then
> periodically
> back it up and if my pc went (it is old) I could restart from my external
> hard disk.
>
> In talking with a guy who owns a computer shop, he tells me I cannot
> reboot from a
> USB. He insists that is the case. If so I have been wasting a lot of time
> trying to
> insure I don't have to reinstall everything or lose my data.
>
> Perhaps I should just copy my data and figure I will have to reinstall all
> the programs,
> settings, etc.?
> I am getting more confused.
> Patti
>

The subject is whether or not you can boot from USB.
"DL" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> The Acronis bootable rescue media is designed to boot from, obviously,
> then use its tools to recover the image you have stored on your external
> drive.
> You can also boot from the Acronis cd, then recover
>
> "Patti Barden" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%23U%23$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Running XP Sp3, OE6, IE8
>> I recently bought an external hard disk which is attached to my desktop
>> pc with USB.
>> I also have a program called Acronis which is supposed to copy or clone,
>> backup, etc.
>> It has you create a Bootable Rescue Media Builder which I put on a USB
>> key.
>>
>> My idea was to copy my entire pc disk to the external hard disk and then
>> periodically
>> back it up and if my pc went (it is old) I could restart from my external
>> hard disk.
>>
>> In talking with a guy who owns a computer shop, he tells me I cannot
>> reboot from a
>> USB. He insists that is the case. If so I have been wasting a lot of time
>> trying to
>> insure I don't have to reinstall everything or lose my data.
>>
>> Perhaps I should just copy my data and figure I will have to reinstall
>> all the programs,
>> settings, etc.?
>> I am getting more confused.
>> Patti
>>
>
>

This is by no means a "fact"!

Whether or not you can boot from a USB source depends on the PC's BIOS and is not
some sort of "golden rule".

Just because most PCs are not able to, still doesn't mean you are right in saying
that...

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)




"Peter Foldes" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> You cannot boot from an external USB drive or any external drive. Your computer guy
> was correct in advising you
>
> --
> Peter
>
> Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
> Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.
>
> "Patti Barden" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%23U%23$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Running XP Sp3, OE6, IE8
>> I recently bought an external hard disk which is attached to my desktop pc with
>> USB.
>> I also have a program called Acronis which is supposed to copy or clone, backup,
>> etc.
>> It has you create a Bootable Rescue Media Builder which I put on a USB key.
>>
>> My idea was to copy my entire pc disk to the external hard disk and then
>> periodically
>> back it up and if my pc went (it is old) I could restart from my external hard
>> disk.
>>
>> In talking with a guy who owns a computer shop, he tells me I cannot reboot from a
>> USB. He insists that is the case. If so I have been wasting a lot of time trying
>> to
>> insure I don't have to reinstall everything or lose my data.
>>
>> Perhaps I should just copy my data and figure I will have to reinstall all the
>> programs,
>> settings, etc.?
>> I am getting more confused.
>> Patti
>>
>

"Patti Barden" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%23U%23$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Running XP Sp3, OE6, IE8
> I recently bought an external hard disk which is attached to my
> desktop pc with USB.
> I also have a program called Acronis which is supposed to copy or
> clone, backup, etc.
> It has you create a Bootable Rescue Media Builder which I put on a USB
> key.
>
> My idea was to copy my entire pc disk to the external hard disk and
> then periodically
> back it up and if my pc went (it is old) I could restart from my
> external hard disk.
>
> In talking with a guy who owns a computer shop, he tells me I cannot
> reboot from a
> USB. He insists that is the case. If so I have been wasting a lot of
> time trying to
> insure I don't have to reinstall everything or lose my data.
>
> Perhaps I should just copy my data and figure I will have to reinstall
> all the programs,
> settings, etc.?
> I am getting more confused.
> Patti

I could have sworn we went over this before, but maybe it was someone
else.

You can make the Acronis Rescue Media on a CD or on a USB stick (key).

To use the Rescue Media, you must set your Boot Options in the BIOS
setup of the computer to boot first from the media you are
using...either CD drive or USB memory media.

Your computer BIOS must have the option to boot from USB memory media in
order to use Rescue Media on your USB key.

Your external hard drive, if you are using Acronis True Image to make
images of your hard drive, will be holding Acronis True Image image
files. You CANNOT boot the computer using the image files (which have a
..TIB file extension). You must boot the computer with your Rescue
Media, then in the Acronis program that starts from that media, you can
RESTORE your image from the external hard drive TO your internal
computer hard drive. Once an image is successfully restore to the
internal hard drive, then you can boot from your internal hard drive
again.

It is a moot point whether or not an external hard drive is bootable.
Your external hard drive, if it contains True Image backups, will not of
itself be bootable ....as explained above, it contains only image files
to be used for restoring to the internal drive. The image file is just
that, and exact image of the entire hard drive and everything on it at
the moment the image was made. If you are periodically using Acronis to
do an incremental update to the image, then it will contain multiple
images, updating the original.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Oct. 2002 - Sept. 2009
A+
http://dts-l.net/

And use the Acronis clone file to do so

"Unknown" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:udQ$(E-Mail Removed)...
> The subject is whether or not you can boot from USB.
> "DL" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> The Acronis bootable rescue media is designed to boot from, obviously,
>> then use its tools to recover the image you have stored on your external
>> drive.
>> You can also boot from the Acronis cd, then recover
>>
>> "Patti Barden" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:%23U%23$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> Running XP Sp3, OE6, IE8
>>> I recently bought an external hard disk which is attached to my desktop
>>> pc with USB.
>>> I also have a program called Acronis which is supposed to copy or clone,
>>> backup, etc.
>>> It has you create a Bootable Rescue Media Builder which I put on a USB
>>> key.
>>>
>>> My idea was to copy my entire pc disk to the external hard disk and then
>>> periodically
>>> back it up and if my pc went (it is old) I could restart from my
>>> external hard disk.
>>>
>>> In talking with a guy who owns a computer shop, he tells me I cannot
>>> reboot from a
>>> USB. He insists that is the case. If so I have been wasting a lot of
>>> time trying to
>>> insure I don't have to reinstall everything or lose my data.
>>>
>>> Perhaps I should just copy my data and figure I will have to reinstall
>>> all the programs,
>>> settings, etc.?
>>> I am getting more confused.
>>> Patti
>>>
>>
>>
>
>