Hello,

Thanks for the reply. The BIOS is allowing me to chose to boot from an
external device the problem is trying to install windowsxp on the external
drive so I can boot from it. Any ideas on how to get xp on the external
drive?

Jake

"WTC" wrote in message
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Do you have USB Device Legacy Support enabled in your BIOS or something
similar? This should support USB devices when Posting.

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William


"jake" wrote in message
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Hello,

I have a removeable usb hard drive I would like to be able to boot
from should the need arise. I can see the hard drive and set it up to be
a boot drive from CMOS. The problem I have now is how to install windows
xp on this drive to make it a bootable drive. When I change CMOS to boot
from the removeable drive and insert the windows xp cd it only recognizes
the local c drive in the box. I want to format the external usb drive and
make it bootable. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I am looking to
put WindowsXP Pro on it. Thanks.

Jake