My BIOS allows me to boot from a USB device.

I installed a USB Hard Drive and Restored an Image of C: to this device.

If have not been able to boot from this USB Hard Drive

The OS is Win XP Pro:

I have tried to setup my boot.ini file to load the OS on the USB Drive but
have not succeeded thus far.

I have made changes in my BIOS so that the USB HD is booted first but this
has not worked.

I have used the XP Recovery Console, making use of FIXMBR; FIXBOOT, and
BOOTCFG in particular and have not succeeded thus far.

Any help?

Is there a special ARC format for USB devices expected in the boot.ini file?

I have used Partion Magic 8 on my internal Hard Drives, is this perhaps the
culprit and if so is there a way of removing its "influence" without
resorting to a fresh install? I have already used FIXMBR.

Thank you

Ok so your BIOS can boot from USB, but XP does not support it


"wrt" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:5WOzb.3971$(E-Mail Removed)...
> My BIOS allows me to boot from a USB device.
>
> I installed a USB Hard Drive and Restored an Image of C: to this device.
>
> If have not been able to boot from this USB Hard Drive
>
> The OS is Win XP Pro:
>
> I have tried to setup my boot.ini file to load the OS on the USB Drive but
> have not succeeded thus far.
>
> I have made changes in my BIOS so that the USB HD is booted first but this
> has not worked.
>
> I have used the XP Recovery Console, making use of FIXMBR; FIXBOOT, and
> BOOTCFG in particular and have not succeeded thus far.
>
> Any help?
>
> Is there a special ARC format for USB devices expected in the boot.ini file?
>
> I have used Partion Magic 8 on my internal Hard Drives, is this perhaps the
> culprit and if so is there a way of removing its "influence" without
> resorting to a fresh install? I have already used FIXMBR.
>
> Thank you
>
>

Okay, so that's the end of the story apparently.

Strange that the USB Hard Drive seems to be accessed when I attempt to boot
to it via boot.ini but it soon sends a message about "hal.dll" being corrupt
or missing; but that is not the case.

Any observations as to why XP doesn't support booting from a USB device?

"Pavel A." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Ok so your BIOS can boot from USB, but XP does not support it
>
>
> "wrt" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:5WOzb.3971$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > My BIOS allows me to boot from a USB device.
> >
> > I installed a USB Hard Drive and Restored an Image of C: to this device.
> >
> > If have not been able to boot from this USB Hard Drive
> >
> > The OS is Win XP Pro:
> >
> > I have tried to setup my boot.ini file to load the OS on the USB Drive
but
> > have not succeeded thus far.
> >
> > I have made changes in my BIOS so that the USB HD is booted first but
this
> > has not worked.
> >
> > I have used the XP Recovery Console, making use of FIXMBR; FIXBOOT, and
> > BOOTCFG in particular and have not succeeded thus far.
> >
> > Any help?
> >
> > Is there a special ARC format for USB devices expected in the boot.ini
file?
> >
> > I have used Partion Magic 8 on my internal Hard Drives, is this perhaps
the
> > culprit and if so is there a way of removing its "influence" without
> > resorting to a fresh install? I have already used FIXMBR.
> >
> > Thank you
> >
> >
>
>

"wrt" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:Z4Szb.4599
> Any observations as to why XP doesn't support booting from a USB device?

A too long story... but it doesn't.
Rumors are that USB boot will be supported for WinPE (kind of recovery console for Longhorn).

- PA

hey wrt...

looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool

sorry but i have done all these things in the
same order..

it seems to be very strange.... not even a message appears if i try t
boot from the device !?!?

i have also installed win 98 installed on the usb device..

the name "Trekstor" u know ??

after a time i come to 2 reasons ..

1. bootable XP dont work on usb XXX storage ??
2. the device doesn´t support bootable OS

but i have read the manual and it does !!

so even if i try to boot from my usb flash memory an errormessag
appears "couldn´t find OS" or something else...

k i dont have an OS on my flash memeory ..

SO IF YOU FOUND A SOLUTION ... PLEASE TELL ME !!!


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The biggest question to ask is if the motherboard supports booting to a USB device. Some USB
devices are not seen until XP actual loads the drivers for them during boot up. Check Motherboard
docs for this info.
--
Dave Vair
CNE, CNA, MCP, A+, N+
Computer Education Services Corp. (CESC)

"streamx2k" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> hey wrt...
>
> looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool
>
> sorry but i have done all these things in the
> same order..
>
> it seems to be very strange.... not even a message appears if i try to
> boot from the device !?!?
>
> i have also installed win 98 installed on the usb device..
>
> the name "Trekstor" u know ??
>
> after a time i come to 2 reasons ..
>
> 1. bootable XP dont work on usb XXX storage ??
> 2. the device doesn´t support bootable OS
>
> but i have read the manual and it does !!
>
> so even if i try to boot from my usb flash memory an errormessage
> appears "couldn´t find OS" or something else...
>
> k i dont have an OS on my flash memeory ..
>
> SO IF YOU FOUND A SOLUTION ... PLEASE TELL ME !!!!
>
>
>
> --
> streamx2k
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Posted via http://www.mcse.ms
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> View this thread: http://www.mcse.ms/message146162.html
>

Perhaps you should try posting in standard English. However, if I
understand you correctly and you are trying to boot into WINXP from a
removeable drive, the answer is you can't. The reason is in the software
not the drive. You can boot into a 'dos' based system from a removeable
drive (USB) provided the BIOS allows booting to USB.


"streamx2k" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> hey wrt...
>
> looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool
>
> sorry but i have done all these things in the
> same order..
>
> it seems to be very strange.... not even a message appears if i try to
> boot from the device !?!?
>
> i have also installed win 98 installed on the usb device..
>
> the name "Trekstor" u know ??
>
> after a time i come to 2 reasons ..
>
> 1. bootable XP dont work on usb XXX storage ??
> 2. the device doesn´t support bootable OS
>
> but i have read the manual and it does !!
>
> so even if i try to boot from my usb flash memory an errormessage
> appears "couldn´t find OS" or something else...
>
> k i dont have an OS on my flash memeory ..
>
> SO IF YOU FOUND A SOLUTION ... PLEASE TELL ME !!!!
>
>
>
> --
> streamx2k
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Posted via http://www.mcse.ms
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> View this thread: http://www.mcse.ms/message146162.html
>

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device.../usb-boot.mspx

"Edward W. Thompson" wrote:

> Perhaps you should try posting in standard English. However, if I
> understand you correctly and you are trying to boot into WINXP from a
> removeable drive, the answer is you can't. The reason is in the software
> not the drive. You can boot into a 'dos' based system from a removeable
> drive (USB) provided the BIOS allows booting to USB.
>
>
> "streamx2k" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> >
> > hey wrt...
> >
> > looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool
> >
> > sorry but i have done all these things in the
> > same order..
> >
> > it seems to be very strange.... not even a message appears if i try to
> > boot from the device !?!?
> >
> > i have also installed win 98 installed on the usb device..
> >
> > the name "Trekstor" u know ??
> >
> > after a time i come to 2 reasons ..
> >
> > 1. bootable XP dont work on usb XXX storage ??
> > 2. the device doesn´t support bootable OS
> >
> > but i have read the manual and it does !!
> >
> > so even if i try to boot from my usb flash memory an errormessage
> > appears "couldn´t find OS" or something else...
> >
> > k i dont have an OS on my flash memeory ..
> >
> > SO IF YOU FOUND A SOLUTION ... PLEASE TELL ME !!!!
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > streamx2k
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> > View this thread: http://www.mcse.ms/message146162.html
> >
>
>
>