Can you boot off an SD card

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by rik_na, Apr 12, 2007.

  1. rik_na

    rik_na Sergeant

    Not sure this is a a hardware Q, but I want to place Vista on an SD card and use this as the only drive in 2.0 GHz+ computer. No card no o/s. So is this possible? I am thinking that BIOS will not recognise a flash drive and I cant think of a way around this? any thoughts?
     
    rik_na, Apr 12, 2007
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  2. shnerdly

    shnerdly MajorGeek

    I'm not sure if a SD card can do it but a Compact Flash can by using an IDE adapter. Also I think you can boot from USB Jump Drives on some computers.
     
    shnerdly, Apr 12, 2007
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  3. rik_na

    rik_na Sergeant

    This is a great bit of advice. Solves a whole host of problems. Great call, thanks!
     
    rik_na, Apr 12, 2007
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