Re: Hard drive question
- From: "pmj" <post@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 08:10:19 GMT
"Aries" <notme@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 23:39:47 GMT, pmj wrote:
>
>> Whether or not you can Boot up from a Hard Disk that is Connected
>> using a USB thingy will depend mainly on the Motherboard & BIOS.
>> Not all Motherboards &/or BIOSes Support that & also, how the Hard
>> Disk is Partitioned & whether or not it has a partition on it that
>> is marked as "Bootable" (Active).
>>
>> Have you tried Booting from your current (USB?) Hard Drive thingy?
>> What happens, when you Install an Operating System on it & try
>> Booting from it?
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> doesn't seem it will be possible then
Why not?
The only way you will find out though, is to try it?
>... but because I haven't looked into the differences in the bios
> etc I really don't know. I cannot get into the desktop bios now
> in any case so I will never know about that,
I think you've misunderstood what I was trying to explain?
It doesn't really matter about the BIOS in the Machine the Hard Drive
*came from*!!! - As far as whether or not you can use it to Boot up
on *another* (different) Machine...
Since that isn't the Machine that you're going to be using it, is it?
What matters is the Motherboard (& BIOS) on the Machine that you're
(now) going to be using it with!!! (the Laptop?)
It's *that* machine which determines whether or not any given Drive
will be able to Boot Up.
Some Motherboards & BIOSes can be Set to Boot from a USB Hard Drive
& others can't.
> so I'll just won't bother to even try to boot up from this
> particular hard drive.
Have a look (in the BIOS) & try it?
You've already got a USB Hard Drive, haven't you?
You can try it with that, can't you?
If the BIOS (in the Laptop) Supporst Booting from a USB Hard Drive,
then there's no reason why you shouldn't be able to, with a different
Hard Drive, in a USB Caddy thing.
But either way, (whether or not you can actually Boot from it),
you'll still be able to use it jsut as a Hard Drive, for storing stuff
on, won't you?
> That was never my intention in any case, just to be able to get at
> stuff that is stored on there and maybe to use it for extra storage,
> not that I need it atm LOL
Yep!
But it's worth while putting it to some use, isn't it?
Rather than just ditching it completely?
& it's prolly got some stuff on it that you may find useful,
or you might need (or want)?
--
pmj
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