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- How do I Boot a USB External Hard Drive?
- Hello all, I have a an external 2.5" USB hard drive and want to know if I can boot from it. It is a Windows XP SP2 OS. The hard drive came from a Sony Vaio laptop. The Laptop went dead so I took the hard drive out and put...
- Tags: Notebooks, nguyendtran@..., USB, laptop computer, USB Hard Drive
- Discussion threads 2007-08-23
- Unable to install Windows xp pro on my USB hard drive
- Iam trying to install Windows xp pro on my USB hard drive iam sure my system supports it...when i boot from CD and gets to the place where i need to select a partition to install OS, iam able to see the USB hard drive partition when i choose it...
- Tags: BIOS, jayanthiarumugham@..., USB Hard Drive, USB, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2007-08-08
- USB Hard Drive Crash
- Whenever I plug in my external USB Hard drive Windows XP does the blue screen of death. Have tried the drive on another machine with same result. I am happy to format it but don't know how. Any suggestions?Formatting your USB DriveSearch out Articles on Tech Republic for this, they...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, mike@..., USB Hard Drive, Slave First, USB flash drive, Microsoft Windows XP, operating system, computer, USB
- Discussion threads 2007-04-01
- how to boot laptop using USB hard drive
- can u please tell me the detailed procedure to boot my laptop using USB hard drive....
- Tags: Notebooks, ankitchandna@..., USB Hard Drive, USB, laptop computer
- Discussion threads 2007-03-31
- USB hard drive checking
- Hello every body,I need help on the above subject:I am currently using XP SP2. I have an external USB HARD DRIVE and have tried without success to have it checked for files and disk defects, bad sectors etc...When I open Windows explorer, Property, tools and have the drive checked it...
- Tags: nhiep_nguyen@..., USB, USB Hard Drive
- Discussion threads 2007-03-03
- Dual Systems
- I need to repair the power socket attached to the Motherboard in a HP Pavilion Laptop. The repair shop is estimating the work will take two to five days. I need to use the hard drive and operating system while the laptop is in the shop.I have rem
- Tags: desktop, disk, johnsonhw@..., laptop computer, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, operating system, USB Hard Drive, windows
- Discussion threads 2006-10-31
- USB Hard drive vs Tape
- Has anybody used USB hard drives as backup devices instead of tape?We're staring at $15k to replace a broken tape library, but it seems to me that we could get a lot more for our money with the USB hard drives. They currently come in up to 400 gig sizes,...
- Tags: backup, gig, tape, TonytheTiger, USB, USB Hard Drive, USB Hard Drives
- Q&A 2005-05-09
- Pockey drives offer USB-powered portable storage
- Pockey drives may be the coolest new storage product since Zip disks. They're extremely portable and easy to use, but expect to pay more per byte than you would with a conventional hard disk.Imagine walking around the office with 20 GB of portable storage in your pocket and not having...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Erik Eckel Network+, MCP+I, MCSE, storage, USB Hard Drive, USB portability, Pockey, Pockey Drives, USB
- Technical articles 2001-09-24
- Pockey Drives offers USB-powered portable storage
- Pockey drives may be the coolest new storage products since Zip disks. They're extremely portable and easy to use, but expect to pay more per byte than you would with a conventional hard disk.Imagine walking around the office with 20 GB of portable storage in your pocket and not having...
- Tags: storage, Pockey Drives, Erik Eckel Network+, MCP+I, MCSE, USB Hard Drive, USB portability, Pockey, USB
- Technical articles 2001-07-02
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- Dual OS's Using External Hard Drive
- I have Windows XP OS on my pc. I would like to install an evaluation edition of Windows Server 2003 on an external hard drive to use for homework/labwork for my college classes. Is this feasible, and how can I do it?Its possible depending on your motherboardBut it depends what...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, mailrick@..., USB, hard drive, operating system, Dual OS
- Discussion threads 2007-06-12
- Hard Drive Not seen by the BIOS
- I have connected my USB external hard drive to the computer but the BIOS doesn't see it although the power flows in it. I even tried with different computers but still the same, I had vey important data on it.What do you mean by "not seen" by the BIOSHere are...
- Tags: yann2theb@..., BIOS, hard drive
- Discussion threads 2007-11-10
- Windows XP can't recognize FAT32 Drive
- I am trying to back up my friends Compaq computer via USB drive, preparing to upgrade to XP. The Compaq is running Windows ME. Its hard drive is a Maxtor 30GbI think, running in FAT32. My USB drive, is formatted for my laptop running XP Home Edition, NTFS. The Compaq...
- Tags: mbm3001@..., Microsoft Windows, USB flash drive, Compaq Computer Corp., laptop computer, FAT32, Microsoft Windows XP
- Discussion threads 2007-08-03
- Unable to recognize External USB Drive
- Hi,I have recently purchased an External Hard Drive. During a copy from my laptop to the external drive, I accidently unplugged the external USB drive.Now when I try to use my External USB drive, it is not recognized by my Laptop.I have tried re-installing drivers but to no avail.How do...
- Tags: parlez vous anglais?, External USB Drive, USB flash drive
- Discussion threads 2007-05-06
- External USB HDD Backups: Using BackupAssist With External USB Hard Drives
- For users without a tape drive, BackupAssist can perform backups to a backup file (with the .bkf extension). This backup file can be saved to a hard drive, DVD/CD, USB Memory Stick, USB Hard Drive or Network Storage Device, enabling users to perform their backups using BackupAssist when a tape...
- Tags: Tape Drive, USB, Backups
- White papers 2005-04-19
- External hard drive not recognized
- Hi,I have a no-name extern hard drive x (USB - 250 GB)All worked fine, until I connected another hard drive (+) (same USB - 250 GB).After working with it (+), my computer does no longer recognize my x hard drive.What can I do, I hax Windows XP SP2Thanks a lot,LaurenrWell...
- Tags: hard drive, USB
- Discussion threads 2005-08-06
- Get true portability with the EZ Bus Mini USB hard drive
- Mini USB drivesAnyone else out there using an Apricorn or similar USB mini drive?How do you use the drive? Has it changed the way you do your job? Let us knowmini usb drivesI use both the mini usb thumb drives and the usb hard drives, i love them both, the...
- Tags: EZ Bus Mini USB hard drive, Greg Shultz, hard drive, Mini USB, mini-USB, USB, usb hardware drive
- Discussion threads 2005-07-22
- USB Hard Drive not recognized, cannot format
- Hi AllI'm at my wits end, hope you guys can help out.I have a Western Digital MyBook 500GB external USB hard drive. It was already pre-formatted and I mapped it to my F Drive.Sometime back, the drive registered an I/O error. I've checked all cables, USB ports, etc... -...
- Tags: Cable, chester@..., F Drive, i/o error, USB
- Discussion threads 2007-05-19
- SWITCHING HARD DRIVES BETWEEN MACHINES
- Is there any software; preferrably freeware, that will allow switching hard drives between different machines? I've had some hard drive failures and tried to install a spare hard drive into a different machine and I get a blue screen.Should be an automagic thingI am hoping that you are talking about...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, landman4u@..., hard drive
- Discussion threads 2007-03-26
- USB hub works with some USB flash drives, not others?
- I have an external USB 2.0 hub that connects to a USB 1.1 slot on my PC running Windows Me. The hub recognizes and allows me to use a 1.0 GB Sandisk USB flash hard drive and another 2.0 GB flash hard drive with no problems, but refuses to...
- Tags: galahad04, USB, USB flash drive
- Discussion threads 2007-06-30
- USB 2
- Recently I have purchased one Freecom External Hard drive. When I connect this hard drive i used to get one massage that this could work faster if connected to USB 2.This computer has two U.S.B. ports and I have tried with both the ports but it do not work very...
- Tags: sunnysunil700@..., USB, USB 2
- Discussion threads 2007-05-21
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