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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 |
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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. -- William "jake" wrote in message ... 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 |
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Your system BIOS has to support booting from external drives...not all do.
Bill Crocker "jake" wrote in message ... 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 |
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Xp can't/won't install itself on ANY removable device....
It has something to do with the requirement for a swapfile or something like that to be ALWAYS available, which a removable disk per definition is not.... -- Tumppi Reply to group ================================================= Most learned on nntp://news.mircosoft.com Helsinki, Finland (remove _NOSPAM) (translations from FI/SE not always accurate) ================================================= "jake" kirjoitti viestissä ... 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 |
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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 ... Do you have USB Device Legacy Support enabled in your BIOS or something similar? This should support USB devices when Posting. -- William "jake" wrote in message ... 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 |
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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 "Bill Crocker" wrote in message ... Your system BIOS has to support booting from external drives...not all do. Bill Crocker "jake" wrote in message ... 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 |
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Tumppi,
Thanks for the reply. So there is no way to install xp on the external drive? I understand the concept that the drive might not always be there, but it will be if I boot from it. Any way around this install feature of xp? Jake "Thomas Wendell" wrote in message ... Xp can't/won't install itself on ANY removable device.... It has something to do with the requirement for a swapfile or something like that to be ALWAYS available, which a removable disk per definition is not.... -- Tumppi Reply to group ================================================= Most learned on nntp://news.mircosoft.com Helsinki, Finland (remove _NOSPAM) (translations from FI/SE not always accurate) ================================================= "jake" kirjoitti viestissä ... 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 |
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You might install the drive internally, install XP and then
put the drive back in the external box. Seems like a lot of work for little benefit. "jake" wrote in message ... | Tumppi, | | Thanks for the reply. So there is no way to install xp on the external | drive? I understand the concept that the drive might not always be there, | but it will be if I boot from it. Any way around this install feature of xp? | | Jake | | "Thomas Wendell" wrote in message | ... | Xp can't/won't install itself on ANY removable device.... | It has something to do with the requirement for a swapfile or something | like | that to be ALWAYS available, which a removable disk per definition is | not.... | | | -- | Tumppi | Reply to group | ================================================= | Most learned on nntp://news.mircosoft.com | Helsinki, Finland (remove _NOSPAM) | (translations from FI/SE not always accurate) | ================================================= | | | | "jake" kirjoitti viestissä | ... | 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 | | | | | | |
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USB drivers are not available in DOS or pre-XP boot. To cheat this, you
could use "Leagcy USB support" in the BIOS. This may enable USB to be available and is not the same as "External" drive support. "jake" wrote in message ... 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 ... Do you have USB Device Legacy Support enabled in your BIOS or something similar? This should support USB devices when Posting. -- William "jake" wrote in message ... 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 |
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And if you do it that way, what might the drive letters be??? I'd imagine
some more (a lot) trouble.... -- Tumppi Reply to group ================================================= Most learned on nntp://news.mircosoft.com Helsinki, Finland (remove _NOSPAM) (translations from FI/SE not always accurate) ================================================= "Jim Macklin" kirjoitti viestissä ... You might install the drive internally, install XP and then put the drive back in the external box. Seems like a lot of work for little benefit. "jake" wrote in message ... | Tumppi, | | Thanks for the reply. So there is no way to install xp on the external | drive? I understand the concept that the drive might not always be there, | but it will be if I boot from it. Any way around this install feature of xp? | | Jake | | "Thomas Wendell" wrote in message | ... | Xp can't/won't install itself on ANY removable device.... | It has something to do with the requirement for a swapfile or something | like | that to be ALWAYS available, which a removable disk per definition is | not.... | | | -- | Tumppi | Reply to group | ================================================= | Most learned on nntp://news.mircosoft.com | Helsinki, Finland (remove _NOSPAM) | (translations from FI/SE not always accurate) | ================================================= | | | | "jake" kirjoitti viestissä | ... | 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 | | | | | | |
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Drive letters are assigned during the boot, in order.
"Thomas Wendell" wrote in message ... | And if you do it that way, what might the drive letters be??? I'd imagine | some more (a lot) trouble.... | | | -- | Tumppi | Reply to group | ================================================= | Most learned on nntp://news.mircosoft.com | Helsinki, Finland (remove _NOSPAM) | (translations from FI/SE not always accurate) | ================================================= | | | | "Jim Macklin" kirjoitti viestissä | ... | You might install the drive internally, install XP and then | put the drive back in the external box. Seems like a lot of | work for little benefit. | | | "jake" wrote in message | ... | | Tumppi, | | | | Thanks for the reply. So there is no way to install xp | on the external | | drive? I understand the concept that the drive might not | always be there, | | but it will be if I boot from it. Any way around this | install feature of xp? | | | | Jake | | | | "Thomas Wendell" wrote in | message | | ... | | Xp can't/won't install itself on ANY removable | device.... | | It has something to do with the requirement for a | swapfile or something | | like | | that to be ALWAYS available, which a removable disk per | definition is | | not.... | | | | | | -- | | Tumppi | | Reply to group | | ================================================= | | Most learned on nntp://news.mircosoft.com | | Helsinki, Finland (remove _NOSPAM) | | (translations from FI/SE not always accurate) | | ================================================= | | | | | | | | "jake" kirjoitti viestissä | | ... | | 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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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If the usb drive is large enough, you could try doing a slipstream xpsp2 bootcd format onto the USB drive. Microsoft has all the instrructions u need for that. Or installing the disk as a fixed, maybe with ide disks rem'd and using an xp boot cd to install onto the usb drive. One guy said an external drive cannot maintain a swapfile.. this is not true.. whether or not xp on install will allow you to smartdrv or not is a different question altogether. Basically If you want a copy of xp on your usb drive, as a backup incase your xp fails, I'd suggest making a dos/false xp(bootdisk copy, essentially) bootable partition on the disk (if this is possible with your bios) cpoying xpinstall files to it and when needed... running winnt.exe to install back onto the fixed disk from the i386 folder.. Prolly full of holes as an idea, but hey. |
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