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Guest
In windows XP Pro, can you boot from an external drive. Say an external drive
used for backups.
Thanks
used for backups.
Thanks
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Bob I
No, Windows isn't designed to be installed on an "external drive".
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P. Johnson
Kevin said:In windows XP Pro, can you boot from an external drive. Say an external
drive used for backups.
What drive you can boot from is dependant on your BIOS, not what operating
system you use.
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R. McCarty
If you used an external SCSI or SATA drive, then yes it's possible.
Just to be clear about this issue there are two different conditions. First
you cannot install XP/Vista to drives defined as "Removable". It's not a
question of external location it's the removable trait that prevents it.
While I've never set it up, USB drives can be made bootable &
several web sites have published procedures to get XP running on a USB
drive. However, even if it boots it would run "Very Slowly" as on a good
day a USB drive struggles to reach sustained throughputs above 25 Meg.
(UDMA Mode 1) Fred Langa ( a questionable source ) has written a
few articles on booting from USB devices.
If you are interested in external drive booting, I'd suggest a SATA or
eSATA setup. Check at CompUSA for an AcomData unit. Comes with
PCI card, Cable and external enclosure with a WDC 200+ Gig drive.
Many of the latest motherboards now have an eSATA port on the
backplane with the traditional connectors/sockets.
Just to be clear about this issue there are two different conditions. First
you cannot install XP/Vista to drives defined as "Removable". It's not a
question of external location it's the removable trait that prevents it.
While I've never set it up, USB drives can be made bootable &
several web sites have published procedures to get XP running on a USB
drive. However, even if it boots it would run "Very Slowly" as on a good
day a USB drive struggles to reach sustained throughputs above 25 Meg.
(UDMA Mode 1) Fred Langa ( a questionable source ) has written a
few articles on booting from USB devices.
If you are interested in external drive booting, I'd suggest a SATA or
eSATA setup. Check at CompUSA for an AcomData unit. Comes with
PCI card, Cable and external enclosure with a WDC 200+ Gig drive.
Many of the latest motherboards now have an eSATA port on the
backplane with the traditional connectors/sockets.
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Gene K
Yes, you can boot from an external drive source; however, you CANNOT boot XP
from an external. Forget about trying that.
Gene K
from an external. Forget about trying that.
Gene K