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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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Boot from external hard drive if PC won't boot?
On Feb 24, 2:37*pm, "Patti Barden" wrote:
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 Patti, I believe you need a special USB key. I have a Cruzer with partition which has a zipped "LaunchPad, autorun.inf & "LaunchU3.exe. It appears on the PC setup as two drives(?). One is Cruzer (labeled "M") & the other as "U3 System (L). This, I have been told (but never tried!) can be used for your purpose. I also have two external HDD's & know that I can't boot from either. |
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Boot from external hard drive if PC won't boot?
On Feb 24, 2:37*pm, "Patti Barden" wrote:
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 Patti, I believe you need a special USB key. I have a Cruzer with partition which has a zipped "LaunchPad, autorun.inf & "LaunchU3.exe. It appears on the PC setup as two drives(?). One is Cruzer (labeled "M") & the other as "U3 System (L). This, I have been told (but never tried!) can be used for your purpose. I also have two external HDD's & know that I can't boot from either. |
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Boot from external hard drive if PC won't boot?
Don't you write the Bootable Rescue Media to a CD and then boot from the CD?
"Patti Barden" wrote in message ... 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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Boot from external hard drive if PC won't boot?
Don't you write the Bootable Rescue Media to a CD and then boot from the CD?
"Patti Barden" wrote in message ... 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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Boot from external hard drive if PC won't boot?
you did not give us any info on your mobo so we could check if it was capable of
booting from USB...not all are capable of this but if it is it would be listed in your BIOS settings under boot devices... you could just remake the Resue Media onto a CD/DVD. You can still image/backup your HD to the USB connected external drive. The Rescue Media will see all of the drives connected internal or external. I use Acronis True Image and have made the Rescue Media but I made it on a CD. I image my HD to an external USB connected HD.I have tested and it works. peter -- If you find a posting or message from me offensive,inappropriate or disruptive,please ignore it. If you dont know how to ignore a posting complain to me and I will be only too happy to demonstrate :-) "Patti Barden" wrote in message ... 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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Boot from external hard drive if PC won't boot?
you did not give us any info on your mobo so we could check if it was capable of booting from USB...not all are capable of this but if it is it would be listed in your BIOS settings under boot devices... you could just remake the Resue Media onto a CD/DVD. You can still image/backup your HD to the USB connected external drive. The Rescue Media will see all of the drives connected internal or external. I use Acronis True Image and have made the Rescue Media but I made it on a CD. I image my HD to an external USB connected HD.I have tested and it works. peter -- If you find a posting or message from me offensive,inappropriate or disruptive,please ignore it. If you dont know how to ignore a posting complain to me and I will be only too happy to demonstrate :-) "Patti Barden" wrote in message ... 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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Boot from external hard drive if PC won't boot?
You cannot boot from an external USB drive or any external drive. Your computer guy
was correct in advising you -- Peter Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. "Patti Barden" wrote in message ... 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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Boot from external hard drive if PC won't boot?
You cannot boot from an external USB drive or any external drive. Your computer guy
was correct in advising you -- Peter Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. "Patti Barden" wrote in message ... 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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Boot from external hard drive if PC won't boot?
The Acronis bootable rescue media is designed to boot from, obviously, then
use its tools to recover the image you have stored on your external drive. You can also boot from the Acronis cd, then recover "Patti Barden" wrote in message ... 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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Boot from external hard drive if PC won't boot?
The Acronis bootable rescue media is designed to boot from, obviously, then
use its tools to recover the image you have stored on your external drive. You can also boot from the Acronis cd, then recover "Patti Barden" wrote in message ... 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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Boot from external hard drive if PC won't boot?
The subject is whether or not you can boot from USB.
"DL" wrote in message ... The Acronis bootable rescue media is designed to boot from, obviously, then use its tools to recover the image you have stored on your external drive. You can also boot from the Acronis cd, then recover "Patti Barden" wrote in message ... 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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Boot from external hard drive if PC won't boot?
The subject is whether or not you can boot from USB.
"DL" wrote in message ... The Acronis bootable rescue media is designed to boot from, obviously, then use its tools to recover the image you have stored on your external drive. You can also boot from the Acronis cd, then recover "Patti Barden" wrote in message ... 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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Boot from external hard drive if PC won't boot?
This is by no means a "fact"!
Whether or not you can boot from a USB source depends on the PC's BIOS and is not some sort of "golden rule". Just because most PCs are not able to, still doesn't mean you are right in saying that... == Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-) "Peter Foldes" wrote in message ... You cannot boot from an external USB drive or any external drive. Your computer guy was correct in advising you -- Peter Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. "Patti Barden" wrote in message ... 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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Boot from external hard drive if PC won't boot?
This is by no means a "fact"! Whether or not you can boot from a USB source depends on the PC's BIOS and is not some sort of "golden rule". Just because most PCs are not able to, still doesn't mean you are right in saying that... == Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-) "Peter Foldes" wrote in message ... You cannot boot from an external USB drive or any external drive. Your computer guy was correct in advising you -- Peter Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. "Patti Barden" wrote in message ... 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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