Can you boot up from an external hard drive connected to a usb port

remmora · 08-24-2006, 11:04 AM

I ran xxclone to my external hard drive but don't know how to boot up from it . Any suggestions anyone.

whardman · 08-24-2006, 11:11 AM

Check in the BIOS to see if there is an option to allow the computer to boot from USB. If not then no I don't think you can't boot from a USB drive.

remmora · 08-24-2006, 12:13 PM

Thank's, I'll give that a try.

crazijoe · 08-24-2006, 01:07 PM

08-24-2006, 11:04 AM	#1 (permalink)
remmora Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 21 OS: xp	Can you boot up from an external hard drive connected to a usb port I ran xxclone to my external hard drive but don't know how to boot up from it . Any suggestions anyone.

08-24-2006, 01:07 PM	#4 (permalink)
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08-24-2006, 11:11 AM	#2 (permalink)
whardman Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 617 OS: Windows XP My System	Check in the BIOS to see if there is an option to allow the computer to boot from USB. If not then no I don't think you can't boot from a USB drive.

08-24-2006, 12:13 PM	#3 (permalink)
remmora Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 21 OS: xp	Thank's, I'll give that a try.