USB Hard drive

[mroker]

Hi all, i just purchased a 80GB Seagate external hard drive with a USB connection. I want to load an OS on it and be able to boot from the hard drive but dont know how to using the USB connection. Any suggestions???

 

[Xaqte]

You need to check your BIOS to see if this option is available. How new is the PC?

 

[mroker]

The PC is about a year old, its a MSI motherboard. So you are saying that this is possible? Do you knbow what the option will be? I recently went into the BIOS and checked the boot device order. Unfortanetly the USB hard drive was not in the list.

 

[Xaqte]

I'm pretty sure you must have the option in the BIOS. However, it appears as MS doesn't support this (not say that its impossible). Take a look at this:

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/storage/usb-boot.mspx

 

[ceh4702]

Not all USB ports and drives are bootable depending on the mohtherboard. It might make a difference what port the USB cable is plugged into.

If you do not like my post feel free to point out your opinion or my errors.

 

[mroker]

This is true, it can be the motherboard. I will chek the ports to see if that is the problem. Hopefully it is, if not then its off to another motherboard!