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Boot from external hard drive if PC won't boot?
Running XP Sp3, OE6, IE8
I recently bought an external hard disk which is attached to my desktop pc with USB. I also have a program called Acronis which is supposed to copy or clone, backup, etc. It has you create a Bootable Rescue Media Builder which I put on a USB key. My idea was to copy my entire pc disk to the external hard disk and then periodically back it up and if my pc went (it is old) I could restart from my external hard disk. In talking with a guy who owns a computer shop, he tells me I cannot reboot from a USB. He insists that is the case. If so I have been wasting a lot of time trying to insure I don't have to reinstall everything or lose my data. Perhaps I should just copy my data and figure I will have to reinstall all the programs, settings, etc.? I am getting more confused. Patti |
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