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    BIOS boot: difference between USB and Removable Drive ?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by toronto, Dec 22, 2011.

  1. toronto

    toronto Notebook Deity

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    In the Phoenix BIOS of the XPS 15, when editing Boot order there is an entry for "USB" and "Removable Drive".
    What is the difference?
    I checked help and Googled, but cannot find an official definition of how the BIOS interprets those.

    I have found that the XPS 15 will not boot from an Xboot bootable flash drive unless the "Removable Drive" entry is placed before "Hard Drive". So, it appears to treat that Xboot flash drive as "Removable Drive" and not, as might be expected, "USB".
     
    toronto, Dec 22, 2011
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    VPR5703 Notebook Consultant

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    Boot from USB Might mean boot from USB Hard Disk. Removable drive typically means media that is removable from host such as USB FLash Drives, CD/DVD/BluRay, and Floppy Disks.
     
    VPR5703, Dec 23, 2011
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