dj schmidty
a buddy of mine was just telling me that hes gonna do this for a gamin PC. I'm not sure if this gives any advantages or not, but if someone has any experience doing this?? What to ya do, just install XP on a 8 gb dongle, and boot from it?? Wierd...
geposted Thu 15 Feb 07 @ 10:27 pm
CanSpoilU
I am not sure if you can install XP to a USB device. I know if you try to install Vista to a USB device it does not allow it.
Why not just buy a larger hard drive, partition, and dual boot it. Would be much better option IMO.
Why not just buy a larger hard drive, partition, and dual boot it. Would be much better option IMO.
geposted Thu 15 Feb 07 @ 11:04 pm
sbangs
yes you can do this , you need to start the install of xp when you computer is in windows off the cd chosoe a clean install and force it onto that drive :)
wont do it from boot tho
now go to bios and choose removable usb device as the first boot device
wont do it from boot tho
now go to bios and choose removable usb device as the first boot device
geposted Thu 15 Feb 07 @ 11:13 pm
sbangs
oh yeh lol dont let what my mate did to me , ooh whats this "removes usb key"
CRASH
CRASH
geposted Thu 15 Feb 07 @ 11:14 pm
Dj Xeo
you can indeed boot from a USB key OS instal, but you need to have a BIOS that can support USB volumes natively, most new ones seem to. and there are BIOS revisions for some slightly older ones to allow them to.
geposted Fri 16 Feb 07 @ 12:58 am