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Teschnofan

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November 15th, 2003 21:00

Boot from external HDD ?

Hi there,

is it possible to install WinXP or Linux onto a USB-HDD and to boot from there ?
If yes, how is it done ?

greets,
Matthias
  • bacillus

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    Posted November 16th, 2003 08:00

    it will depend on if your model laptop has bios support for booting from usb devices.
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    Posted November 16th, 2003 09:00

    I've got an Inspiron 5150 with BIOS A26...

    greetz,
    Teschnofan
  • FearlessFozz

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    Posted July 9th, 2004 18:00

    I have an i1100 and a29 had usb boot and a30 does not.  I had to send the laptop in for repair and they upgraded the bios to a30 and now I don't have usb boot anymore.

    Is there a way to enable that without downgrading the bios?