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Dead HD in laptop - can I run windows to it from an external drive?

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WhereEaglesDare:

--- Quote from: RTSDaddy2 on January 26, 2011, 08:43:34 pm ---
HOWEVER, on the way home a question ran through my head (I think too much while I'm driving - or is that not enough? Anyway....) as to how in the hell I thought I would get the laptop to recognize windows on an external drive when I cannot get it to load anything onto itself now.


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It depends on your BIOS, most newer BIOS versions will allow you to boot from a USB drive while the older one just will not all it.  The answer is yes, there is a good chance that it will work, but you may need to flash your BIOS first.

Also not all laptop have an easy to access HDD, my ASUS 1201N has mine under the keyboard, you have to take the entire thing apart to get to the HDD, and void your warranty.

newmanfamilyvlogs:
Just because you CAN do something doesn't necessarily mean you SHOULD do something... :P

Funnel:

--- Quote from: cotmm68030 on January 27, 2011, 08:40:30 am ---Just because you CAN do something doesn't necessarily mean you SHOULD do something... :P



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What the hell? LOL!

newmanfamilyvlogs:

--- Quote from: Funnel on January 27, 2011, 11:07:26 am ---What the hell? LOL!

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Pentium II, sans fan. Boot from CD, run linux from thumbdrive.
Pointless, and mildly entertaining.

WhereEaglesDare:
Is he hanging that by a ThumbTack?

I dont know if this guy needs a raise or if he needs a helmet...

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