portable hard drive boot image
rubixmaste
I know that Flash USB's are capable of being formatted into USB's that the computer can boot from the BIOS, but can the same be done with a Portable hard drive such as one from Western Digital (the passport types) ? And if so, will it completely work?
Thanks in advance!
Answer
yes, it will work perfectly. but there are procedures to be done. follow the steps
** creating a windows vista/7 bootable USB drive
* this can only be done using machines with vista or 7
* run command prompt as administrator
c:\diskpart
DISKPART> list disk
DISKPART> select disk 1 (assuming usb drive is disk 1)
DISKPART> clean
DISKPART> create partition primary
DISKPART> select partition 1
DISKPART> active
DISKPART> format fs=NTFS (this will format the usb drive)
DISKPART> assign
DISKPART> exit (this will exit diskpart command)
* insert windows vista/7 into ODD
c:\cd d:\boot
c:\boot\bootsect /nt60 g: (assuming usb drive is named g:)
* use windows explorer to copy all windows vista/7 files and folders from CD
* restart PC to be configured and locate BIOS setup & change the boot sequence to USB drive as priority
yes, it will work perfectly. but there are procedures to be done. follow the steps
** creating a windows vista/7 bootable USB drive
* this can only be done using machines with vista or 7
* run command prompt as administrator
c:\diskpart
DISKPART> list disk
DISKPART> select disk 1 (assuming usb drive is disk 1)
DISKPART> clean
DISKPART> create partition primary
DISKPART> select partition 1
DISKPART> active
DISKPART> format fs=NTFS (this will format the usb drive)
DISKPART> assign
DISKPART> exit (this will exit diskpart command)
* insert windows vista/7 into ODD
c:\cd d:\boot
c:\boot\bootsect /nt60 g: (assuming usb drive is named g:)
* use windows explorer to copy all windows vista/7 files and folders from CD
* restart PC to be configured and locate BIOS setup & change the boot sequence to USB drive as priority
What portable external hard drive should I buy for my Linux?
iluvsuzann
I need a portable external hard drive that works for both Windows and Linux without installing additional drivers. I want it to be plug-n-play. I am using Ubuntu dual-booted with Windows XP at home. Please provide me some brands/models and descriptions.
Answer
Actually storage devices rarely have any issue with linux. Any external drive you buy should work. A couple things to look out for though. Nearly all the devices come formated FAT32 out of the box, which will work find with Windows and Linux, though it doesn't copy advanced file permissions from either OS. If you format it NTFS, not all distro will automatically mount it, some you may have to manually use ntfs-3g from the command line to mount it.
Actually storage devices rarely have any issue with linux. Any external drive you buy should work. A couple things to look out for though. Nearly all the devices come formated FAT32 out of the box, which will work find with Windows and Linux, though it doesn't copy advanced file permissions from either OS. If you format it NTFS, not all distro will automatically mount it, some you may have to manually use ntfs-3g from the command line to mount it.
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