boot from a USB drive?

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by Blacktop Roland, Jun 17, 2005.

  1. Blacktop Roland

    Blacktop Roland Private First Class

    I heard that some new motherboards can boot from detachable USB drives (you know, instead of a floppy drive). any news on this rumor?
     
    Blacktop Roland, Jun 17, 2005
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  2. ~Pyrate~

    ~Pyrate~ MajorGeek

    I know you can boot from flash cards ... so I don't see any reason you couldn't do something like that .. I know my BIOS has more boot options than the typical 'cdrom, hdd, floppy'
     
    ~Pyrate~, Jun 17, 2005
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  3. Wyatt_Earp

    Wyatt_Earp MajorGeek

    Yeah, my motherboard can boot to a USB device. Flash Drives or External Hard Drives, I imagine.
     
    Wyatt_Earp, Jun 17, 2005
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  4. criminelis

    criminelis Corporal

    i can boot from 64Mb usb pendrive
     
    criminelis, Jun 17, 2005
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  5. rogvalcox

    rogvalcox MajorGeek

    If your Bios has the option to boot from USB, then with that enabled, you should be a ble to boot from anything connected via usb that has a boot record on it!!!!

    Atleast I know I can!!

    Roger
     
    rogvalcox, Jun 17, 2005
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  6. ASUS

    ASUS MajorGeek

    Some older PC's & laptops can also boot from external sources such as USB.

    Check bios options, or for MOBO you havent bought yet info at manufactures web, download manual.
     
    ASUS, Jun 17, 2005
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