|
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
| Welcome
to Tech Support Forum home to more then 136,000 problems solved. Issues
have included: Spyware, Malware, Virus Issues, Windows, Microsoft,
Linux, Networking, Security, Hardware, and Gaming Getting your
problem solved is as easy as: 1. Registering for a free account 2. Asking your question 3. Receiving an answer Registered members: * See fewer ads. * And much more..
|
| Want to know how to post a question? click here | Having problems with spyware and pop-ups? First Steps |
|
|||||||
| Hard Drive Support Support Forum for hard drives; Western Digital, Seagate, Maxtor, Toshiba |
 |
|
|
LinkBack | Thread Tools |
05-28-2007, 03:49 PM
|
#1 (permalink) |
|
Registered User
Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 11
OS: win 2000
|
booting from ext hd
I'm trying to boot from my external hd but when I go into my bios it doesn't have an option to boot to usb. Only options are ide 0,1,2,3, floppy, armd-fdd, armd-hdd, cd, scsi, network. I do have the drive in and powered on, and its visable as a removable drive. any ideas on what I could be doing wrong?
|
|
     
|
| Important Information |
|
Join the #1 Tech Support Forum Today - It's Totally Free!
TechSupportForum.com is a leading support website for your computer needs. We offer free, friendly and personalized computer support. Why pay to have your computer fixed when you can do it for free. Join TechSupportforum.com Today - Click Here |
|
05-28-2007, 04:23 PM
|
#2 (permalink) |
|
Moderator Hardware Forum
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: West Georgia, USA
Posts: 7,098
OS: Xp
  |
Re: booting from ext hd
Not all computers have the option to boot from an external drive. Sometimes you can update the bios to add this option.
Please tell us the make and model of the computer or motherboard and we can check on this.
__________________
|
|
|
|
|
05-28-2007, 05:19 PM
|
#3 (permalink) |
|
Moderator, Hardware Team
|
Re: booting from ext hd
even if you had the option to boot from USB you would find out windows will not cooperate with booting off an external hard drive / linux willing does this / there is a work around for getting windows to boot from a USB drive , but it aint sweet and it aint easy
http://www.ngine.de/index.jsp?pageid=4176 "you skin that one pilgrim; and I fetch-ya another"  
__________________
I still know nothing and I respect that fact, striving to improve and, along the way, help anyone that comes from the place that I used to be! Power Supply Selection LEARN TO BACK-UP YOUR DATA FREE & EASY YouTube - Runtime Software DriveImage XML tutorial |
|
|
|
|
05-29-2007, 05:54 PM
|
#5 (permalink) |
|
Moderator, Hardware Team
|
Re: booting from ext hd
that wont work; your bios is too old
__________________
I still know nothing and I respect that fact, striving to improve and, along the way, help anyone that comes from the place that I used to be! Power Supply Selection LEARN TO BACK-UP YOUR DATA FREE & EASY YouTube - Runtime Software DriveImage XML tutorial |
|
|
|
|
05-31-2007, 02:59 PM
|
#7 (permalink) |
|
Registered User
Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 11
OS: win 2000
|
Re: booting from ext hd
I have a 2.0 card in so I guess it does. I was trying to not have to buy a new HD but I broke down and bought one when I couldn't get the external one to boot. However it wasn't the HD while it is working a little better its still super slow. My DSL is like dial up. While I know its outdated by todays standards, it seems like it gets slower by the minute
|
|
|
|
|
06-01-2007, 08:22 AM
|
#8 (permalink) |
|
Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Omaha, The Center of the Universe
Posts: 7,632
OS: WinXP, Win2K3
|
Re: booting from ext hd
M599LMR is quite aging and may not be up to snuff for some apps. It is a socket 7 board and from what I read it will only support 450MHz max. However it will support 768MB of memory and if you want to try and get the most out of it, I would max out the memory.
|
|
|
|
|
| Thread Tools | |
|
|
