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boot D400 from USB

Discussion in 'Dell Latitude, Vostro, and Precision' started by jerdonaldson, Mar 22, 2012.

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  1. jerdonaldson

    jerdonaldson Notebook Enthusiast

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    Latitude forum,

    I've had a D400 for about 8 years and all I've
    replaced is the hard drive and the power cord.
    This model came with a read only external cd drive.

    I constructed a bootable usb drive using WinToFlash
    and changed my bios to have the usb as the first
    choice to boot.

    The problem is it never boots from the usb drive.
    I disabled all boot sources except the usb in the
    bios but it just hangs with a black screen.

    I know the mother board has to be able to boot from
    a usb but I don't know if this one can.

    Any suggestions?
    jerry donaldson
     
    jerdonaldson, Mar 22, 2012
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    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    Are you sure your flashdrive was setup properly? Does it boot off a USB optical drive?
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Mar 23, 2012
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    jerdonaldson Notebook Enthusiast

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    Tsunade,
    Thanks for the reply.

    I have a Windows XP disc and can boot from the usb cd.

    Jerry Donaldson
     
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