Is it possible to boot from external USB drive

[johan]

I do have my comp bios set to boot from a CD before the C: drive, if
necessary. What I'm wondering now is whether it is possible to have
my comp boot from an external hd if it finds that the C: drive is not
bootable?

 

[Man-wai Chang to The Door (33600bps)]

necessary. What I'm wondering now is whether it is possible to have

my comp boot from an external hd if it finds that the C: drive is not
bootable?

Check the BIOS settings. What motherboard are you using?

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[Yousuf Khan]

I do have my comp bios set to boot from a CD before the C: drive, if
necessary. What I'm wondering now is whether it is possible to have
my comp boot from an external hd if it finds that the C: drive is not
bootable?

Usually there should be another option available besides just booting
from CD/DVD. There should also be an option available for booting from USB.

Yousuf Khan

 

[Rod Speed]

I do have my comp bios set to boot from a CD before the C: drive, if
necessary. What I'm wondering now is whether it is possible to have my
comp boot from an external hd if it finds that the C: drive is not bootable?

Varys with the bios. The bios needs to be able to do that, particularly
with usb external drives, and not only that, the OS on the usb external
drive needs to be able to do that too. It can get rather tricky with Win,
its not just a matter of copying the OS to the external drive. Possible
tho if the bios can do it.