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XP: Boot off a memory card? Thumb drive?

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FrankEdwards

Flightless Bird
Is this easily done? Just configure the bios to boot of that external
device and should it work? Do I need special drivers for the boot device?
 
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Bob I

Flightless Bird
You may INSTALL XP FROM an external device IF the motherboard supports
booting from it. XP doesn't support RUNNING from an external drive if
that's what you are asking.

FrankEdwards wrote:

> Is this easily done? Just configure the bios to boot of that external
> device and should it work? Do I need special drivers for the boot device?
 
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smlunatick

Flightless Bird
Re: XP: Boot off a memory card? Thumb drive?

On Apr 27, 1:52 pm, FrankEdwards <n...@frank.here> wrote:
> Is this easily done?  Just configure the bios to boot of that external  
> device and should it work?  Do I need special drivers for the boot device?


PC will boot off a USB flash / hard drive but only if it it not a
Windows XP.
 
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FrankEdwards

Flightless Bird
I said boot. I meant boot. :) Running an OS off a USB device would have
horrible performance I would think, wouldn't it? We're talking USB 2 here
not USB 3. USB 3 will be a different matter. That will really change a
lot of interconnectivity issues.

> You may INSTALL XP FROM an external device IF the motherboard supports
> booting from it. XP doesn't support RUNNING from an external drive if
> that's what you are asking.


>> Is this easily done? Just configure the bios to boot of that external
>> device and should it work? Do I need special drivers for the boot
>> device?
 
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FrankEdwards

Flightless Bird
Re: XP: Boot off a memory card? Thumb drive?

>> Is this easily done? Just configure the bios to boot of that external
>> device and should it work? Do I need special drivers for the boot
>> device?

>
> PC will boot off a USB flash / hard drive but only if it it not a
> Windows XP.


What? Can you try that again? (Proof reading works.)
 
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Bob I

Flightless Bird
Only if you can make it(XP) believe the device in question is NOT
Removable/External.

FrankEdwards wrote:
> I said boot. I meant boot. :) Running an OS off a USB device would
> have horrible performance I would think, wouldn't it? We're talking
> USB 2 here not USB 3. USB 3 will be a different matter. That will
> really change a lot of interconnectivity issues.
>
>> You may INSTALL XP FROM an external device IF the motherboard
>> supports booting from it. XP doesn't support RUNNING from an external
>> drive if that's what you are asking.

>
>
>>> Is this easily done? Just configure the bios to boot of that
>>> external device and should it work? Do I need special drivers for
>>> the boot device?
 
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smlunatick

Flightless Bird
Re: XP: Boot off a memory card? Thumb drive?

On Apr 27, 5:35 pm, FrankEdwards <n...@frank.here> wrote:
> >> Is this easily done?  Just configure the bios to boot of that external  
> >> device and should it work?  Do I need special drivers for the boot  
> >> device?

>
> > PC will boot off a USB flash / hard drive but only if it it not a
> > Windows XP.

>
> What?  Can you try that again?  (Proof reading works.)


You can get most standard PCs to boot off a USB hard drive only if the
drive is not boot a Windows directly. Microsoft has purposely made
most Windows to not permit to boot off a USB device. Their only
exceptions are USB floppy drive access for additional drivers and USB
CD / DVD drives for the "true" Windows install disks.

Several other operating systems (aka Linux) can directly boot up from
a USB drive. And some "ingenious" Windows users have been known to be
successful in "cloning" a valid XP onto a USB drive and got it to boot.
 
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Tim Rude

Flightless Bird
Re: Boot off a memory card? Thumb drive?

Have a look here:

http://www.ubcd4win.com

This project, based on BartPE, allows you to boot a PE version of XP from a
CD, DVD, or USB (if your BIOS supports it). There are some limitations as to
what you can do with the PE version of XP, but for most things it works
pretty well.

"FrankEdwards" <no@frank.here> wrote in message
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> Is this easily done? Just configure the bios to boot of that external
> device and should it work? Do I need special drivers for the boot device?
 
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FrankEdwards

Flightless Bird
Re: XP: Boot off a memory card? Thumb drive?

Upon rereading this I think I may have used the wrong wording. To
clarify, I want to install WinXP from a USB drive or another Sata drive.
When I said "Boot off" I should have said "Boot and Install off a memory
card". I'm pretty sure most Bioses these days allow one to boot of a USB
external device, right?
 
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Bob I

Flightless Bird
Re: XP: Boot off a memory card? Thumb drive?

You will need to set it to Boot from USB if it isn't already set. See
below for install methods

http://www.google.com/#hl=en&source...=&oq=install+XP+&gs_rfai=&fp=2edb0d09f429b650

FrankEdwards wrote:

> Upon rereading this I think I may have used the wrong wording. To
> clarify, I want to install WinXP from a USB drive or another Sata
> drive. When I said "Boot off" I should have said "Boot and Install off
> a memory card". I'm pretty sure most Bioses these days allow one to
> boot of a USB external device, right?
 
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