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    Booting from USB Hardrive

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by jdm2008, Mar 8, 2010.

  1. jdm2008

    jdm2008 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I am having all sorts of trouble with my laptop. I believe there is something wrong with my hard drive controller as 3 hardrives have failed on my computer in the past 3 months. I am almost certain it is a hardware, as it makes a strange sound when booting up.
    So I am going to try and boot from my usb external hard drive until I get another laptop. However when I try to install windows on this drive it says hardrive is not present setup can not continue. However I am sure that the computer reads the hardrive as It reads from antoher computer and it read from my laptop while it was running.
    How do I boot from the usb hard drive?
     
    jdm2008, Mar 8, 2010
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  2. Padmé

    Padmé NBR Super Pink Princess

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    Search the forum as we have many threads and posts dedicated to "how to boot from USB drive/device". They might give you some clues as to whether your notebook can boot from USB or not.
     
    Padmé, Mar 9, 2010
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