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    Booting from USB floppy?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by johngie, May 30, 2007.

  1. johngie

    johngie Notebook Enthusiast

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    My 3000N100 with XP Pro has NT backup installed. This backup has ASR (Automated System Recovery) but it has to run from a floppy (what was M$ thinking about).

    Does anyone know whether the BIOS in these PC's enables a USB connected external drive to be read outside the Windows environment?
     
    johngie, May 30, 2007
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  2. John Ratsey

    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

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    Can't you create a bootable CD and use that?

    John
     
    John Ratsey, May 30, 2007
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  3. johngie

    johngie Notebook Enthusiast

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    Evidently not. Quoting from the MS KB article:

    "When you restore your system files in an ASR restore, Windows XP Backup requires that you insert a floppy disk containing the ASR backup files".

    Daft as it seems!
     
    johngie, May 30, 2007
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  4. mattireland

    mattireland It used to be the iLand..

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    Some USB Floppy things allow you to boot from them, others don't (mine doesn't which is a real pain in the neck)!
     
    mattireland, Jun 1, 2007
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    oodsfnsdfz Notebook Consultant

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    Can't you burn CD with an image of such a floppy?
     
    oodsfnsdfz, Jun 1, 2007
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  6. ZaZ

    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    I know you can do it in Nero.
     
    ZaZ, Jun 2, 2007
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