Hi,
I've a HP Pavilion Tx1000 notebook, running Vista Home Premium. I was trying to dual boot an external USB hard disk (i.e. 2.5" mounted in a HDD casing and connect to the notebook via usb cable), but to no success.
The external usb HDD was previously setup properly via the following means:-
1. I took out the 2.5" HDD and mounted directly into the HDD bay of another HP notebook and setup Windows XP Tablet "locally" and was able to boot up successfully.
2. Then I dismounted the 2.5" HDD and put into USB HDD casing.
3. I connected the external USB HDD (Windows Tablet XP) to HP Pavilion Tx1000 notebook and tried to use the Boot options (i.e. Boot using USB Drive), but was not successful.
What I noticed was that the USB HDD indicated light blinked (spun) for a moment and the HP TX1000 got rebooted again, back to POST. I booted up from the main OS, the Vista OS and I installed VistaBootPro v3.3 on Vista. I added the "Windows Legacy" option into the BCD file and rebooted, trying to boot into the 2nd boot option, Windows XP Tablet, but was not successful either.
How do I setup dual boot for local hdd and external usb hdd?
Anyone has successfully configured dual booting Vista Home Premium (local HDD) and Windows XP Tablet (External USB HDD)?
Thks.
Rgds,
libroos
I've a HP Pavilion Tx1000 notebook, running Vista Home Premium. I was trying to dual boot an external USB hard disk (i.e. 2.5" mounted in a HDD casing and connect to the notebook via usb cable), but to no success.
The external usb HDD was previously setup properly via the following means:-
1. I took out the 2.5" HDD and mounted directly into the HDD bay of another HP notebook and setup Windows XP Tablet "locally" and was able to boot up successfully.
2. Then I dismounted the 2.5" HDD and put into USB HDD casing.
3. I connected the external USB HDD (Windows Tablet XP) to HP Pavilion Tx1000 notebook and tried to use the Boot options (i.e. Boot using USB Drive), but was not successful.
What I noticed was that the USB HDD indicated light blinked (spun) for a moment and the HP TX1000 got rebooted again, back to POST. I booted up from the main OS, the Vista OS and I installed VistaBootPro v3.3 on Vista. I added the "Windows Legacy" option into the BCD file and rebooted, trying to boot into the 2nd boot option, Windows XP Tablet, but was not successful either.
How do I setup dual boot for local hdd and external usb hdd?
Anyone has successfully configured dual booting Vista Home Premium (local HDD) and Windows XP Tablet (External USB HDD)?
Thks.
Rgds,
libroos