USB Boot PC
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Anyone here using USB to boot up PC?
I using Asrock 266M mobo(old one) and updated the BIOS to version 1.90 because the original BIOS version dun support booting from USB...
then I put in a 80GB WD HDD via USB to boot(changed the boot-up sequence)and the loading is very slow and reboots after a few minures(I think reboot because of the BIOS standby watchdog function)...so it didnt go in the Windows as I wanted it to.
Anyone knows how to solve the problem?
anyway...is there any software for me to verify whether I am running my USB2.0 or just USB1.0?dun need to be very technical...can tell me the USB version can already...
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usually/ but not limited to when you want to boot from a device, be it the floppy, cd-rom/dvd-rom/ writers,USB device (can be thumbdrive, USB card readers, USB ext drives etc),it is to execute another program that works beyond the windows registry of the existing partition.
if you want to format your hdd you can choose to boot from cd-rom if you have the windows or recovery cd for your pc.
if you want to recover another partition or work on it and if you have created rescue diskette for it you can boot from the floppy and the program will be executed afterwards.
do you have a installed a complete OS in the USB hdd? are you trying to run another OS other than your existing copying at the IDE hdd?
if you got nothing to boot into from your USB hdd (no OS, no 'live' programs, no rescue function) then of course after reading the USB device the computer will boot into the OS you have in the IDE, or restart/ shutdown if you have no IDE there after to Boot into another OS. -
Nope.I am trying to boot from a HDD by USB loaded with full Windows XP.Not running any other HDD on the PC...just the one I am trying to boot with.Originally posted by troublemaker2005:usually/ but not limited to when you want to boot from a device, be it the floppy, cd-rom/dvd-rom/ writers,USB device (can be thumbdrive, USB card readers, USB ext drives etc),it is to execute another program that works beyond the windows registry of the existing partition.
if you want to format your hdd you can choose to boot from cd-rom if you have the windows or recovery cd for your pc.
if you want to recover another partition or work on it and if you have created rescue diskette for it you can boot from the floppy and the program will be executed afterwards.
do you have a installed a complete OS in the USB hdd? are you trying to run another OS other than your existing copying at the IDE hdd?
if you got nothing to boot into from your USB hdd (no OS, no 'live' programs, no rescue function) then of course after reading the USB device the computer will boot into the OS you have in the IDE, or restart/ shutdown if you have no IDE there after to Boot into another OS. -
i have never run an OS on a USB drive before especially when the external drive is slow or the mobo do not support high speed USB. anyway i feel nothing is comparable to running an OS with IDE/ SATA/ Raid.
read post #15 (scroll down to the bottom of the page) on how to install the USB drivers from the OS in the ext hdd and load them into the memory before booting into the OS of your ext hdd and then update from there.
http://www.windowsbbs.com/showthread.php?t=43314
you can also read the below for more traoubleshooting tips other experienced.
http://www.windowsbbs.com/showthread.php?t=38548 -
http://www.windowsbbs.com/showthread.php?t=43314 is pretty troublesome...need to use USB drivers and XP installation CD just to use USB to boot...well...guess I'll give it a go tonite...update here again when I am done...Originally posted by troublemaker2005:i have never run an OS on a USB drive before especially when the external drive is slow or the mobo do not support high speed USB. anyway i feel nothing is comparable to running an OS with IDE/ SATA/ Raid.
read post #15 (scroll down to the bottom of the page) on how to install the USB drivers from the OS in the ext hdd and load them into the memory before booting into the OS of your ext hdd and then update from there.
http://www.windowsbbs.com/showthread.php?t=43314
you can also read the below for more traoubleshooting tips other experienced.
http://www.windowsbbs.com/showthread.php?t=38548
in the meantime...anyone has any other ideas? -
buy a new computer?
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that's the prob with older hardware..even if compatible with sloder ext hdd OS also cannot catch up...then mobo slow hdd fast or mobo fast hdd slow either one cannot catch up or clow down loading also got probOriginally posted by R3SsH|n:buy a new computer? -
actually its very unhealthy if either the mobo fast hdd slow or mobo slow hdd fast...Originally posted by troublemaker2005:that's the prob with older hardware..even if compatible with sloder ext hdd OS also cannot catch up...then mobo slow hdd fast or mobo fast hdd slow either one cannot catch up or clow down loading also got prob
either hardware can spoil much more easily...