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    Can a ThinkPad X24 boot from a thumb drive?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by Alan-HK, Aug 8, 2007.

  1. Alan-HK

    Alan-HK Notebook Enthusiast

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    I just bought a ThinkPad X24 (aka 2662-HH3).
    It's a bit of a shock having a computer with no removable discs, floppy or optical.
    I've got a USB thumbdrive. Can it boot from that? If so how do I format the drive?
    (Eg to make a pseudo DOS-floppy boot, or a Knoppix CDROM ISO.)
     
    Alan-HK, Aug 8, 2007
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    wave Notebook Virtuoso

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    It can boot from a USB hard drive so a USB stick might work too if you format it right. It is only USB 1.1 so it will be pretty slow.

    Format the Stick with the HP tool to make a bootable USB stick and then put an image on it. Knoppix should work.
     
    wave, Aug 8, 2007
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    Make sure your USB stick is less than 2gb, because you will have to format it with FAT16. If you have a 4gb stick for example, when you format it with FAT16, the drive will only be recognized as 2gb.
     
    panteedropper, Aug 8, 2007
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    It is not possible. It will boot from a usb harddrive but not a thumb drive
     
    gridtalker, Aug 8, 2007
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    sure it will, you just have to use the HP utility as mentioned before. I boot off a flash drive all the time.
     
    panteedropper, Aug 8, 2007
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    Could you give some specifics -- which HP utility?
     
    Alan-HK, Aug 8, 2007
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    Try the HP utility by Googling: "HP Drive Key Boot Utility" and follow the instructions... it worked on my thinkpad x24 using a Kingston 2GB stick
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    at this moment, i am attempting to boot Ubuntu 7.04 from the same stick i only get a flashing dash bar on the top left of a black screen
     
    iThink, Oct 16, 2007
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    Alan-HK, Oct 16, 2007
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