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HD enclosure boot-up

davemc · 2003-07-20 10:40:51

I recently obtained a hard drive cradle/external enclosure and I was just wondering could I actually boot from the HD located within through the USB port it's connected through???

20-07-2003 11:40am

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davemc

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I recently obtained a hard drive cradle/external enclosure and I was just wondering could I actually boot from the HD located within through the USB port it's connected through???

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#2 20-07-2003 11:54am

jesus_thats_gre

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Doubt it, out of memory ya cant specify to boot from a USB port.

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#3 20-07-2003 3:13pm

BoB_BoT

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well ya can, that is if your mobo supports it. my mobo allows booting from usb devices, but personally I wouldn't use it running an os off of. It comes in handy if you want to create a boot disk or something similar on a pen drive etc.... there might be limitations in using a hard drive booting from the usb drive, depends on the read/write speed you'd be getting from the usb. Conslut your mobo manual.
p.s. it doesn't hurt to try bootin from the usb as a test

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