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My MULTIBOOT partition only works on my PC?? :s

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June 22, 2014 4:16:17 PM

Hi,

I have configured a multiboot on a FAT32 partition in my external USB HDD. I've got GParted, Parted Magic and Hiren's boot CD, everything installed with YUMI MULTIBOOT. I have been working with my RAW flash drive for days now, so I know it's working. But when im gonna use my laptop as working server instead of my gaming pc, it wont boot up at all....Nothing happends when I select USB HARDDRIVE as boot device... I have tryed with both UEFI and not... Still doesnt work.. I have even tryed selecting a EFI file, but it doesnt work either..

USB Legacy is enabled, UEFI is disabled, boot prio is my USB HDD, after that my notebook HDD, PXE boot enabled....

What is wrong? On my gaming pc, all I need to do is select the usb HDD in the boot menu, then it boots... But on the laptop, when I select the USB HDD, it just starts the regular Windows 7 :s

The laptop is a HP Compaq 615. Thx in advance

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a c 106 G Storage
June 23, 2014 5:34:27 PM

Are these all on a USB HDD or a USB Flash Drive? I know some older PC's don't like booting from USB Hard drives.
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June 24, 2014 9:27:22 AM

USB harddrive.
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a c 106 G Storage
June 24, 2014 9:47:23 AM

Yea i know some older PC's Won't boot from USB Hard drives. Thumbdrives they will but not hard drives. Have you tried it on another PC as well just to make sure? (Besides the one you made it on and it works on)
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a c 327 G Storage
June 24, 2014 11:34:41 PM

Maybe the laptop is looking for a USB mass storage device that is configured as a "superfloppy" rather than a HDD. A superfloppy doesn't have an MBR or partition table in sector 0. Instead it has a boot sector, just like a floppy drive.

Compare sector 0 on a bootable flash drive against your USB HDD. You could use a disc editor such as DMDE (freeware) to do this.
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