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M6400 it's possible to boot Windows from USB or eSATA external hard drive ?

Discussion in 'Dell Latitude, Vostro, and Precision' started by brosen, Feb 23, 2009.

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    I am trying to have external boot devices, thanks
     
    brosen, Feb 23, 2009
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    Check in your BIOS at boot time to see what options there are. Likely you will be able to boot from USB, not sure about eSATA though.
     
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    The BIOS supports booting from USB storage devices. I'm also sure I booted my E6400 from eSATA in order to test whether a cloned HDD booted OK.

    John
     
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    That means I can run Windows Vista/7/XP from an eSATA drive ?, thanks
     
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    Yes, you should be able to.

    You will not be able to boot windows from USB though. It requires some editing for that.
     
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    What millermagic said, Windows resets the USB bus when it loads its own drivers, from what I understand that is what prevents you from being able to boot off of USB into windows. You could use some form of the Windows PE for USB fromw hat I understand.

    Not sure on eSATA though. May have to try that myself.
     
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