PCMCIA Hard Disc Drive - Can this be a bootable drive?

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Can a 170MB PCMCIA HDD be a stand alone bootable hard drive? If so how do I
set it up? The laptop I would like to do this on is a toshiba 1400-S151 with
XP-Pro installed(C:\). Windows Explorer shows the HDD Card as E:\ I do not
know how to, or even if I can have a HDD boot option at startup. Any help is
greatly appreciated. thx, fc...

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Thank you Jeffery, for your time and concern. fc...

"jeffrey" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> No, if your BIOS or mother board does not support this option, then you can
> not boot from an external device. This a feature that has to have the
> hardware able to read an external device. I doubt BIOS updates will include
> the feature, but you can check the manufacture`s site and see if it in any
> future BIOS updates. Other than that, you have to boot from the internal
> HDD.
>
> Jeff
>
> "plumber" <plumber@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news983BFC6-1366-42B0-8CBF-204847D94D96@microsoft.com...
> >
> > There is not an option in BIOS. Is there a download available for this?
> >
> > "jeffrey" wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> You need to check in your notebook bios and see if there is an option in
> >> the
> >> boot order for this be allowed.
> >>
> >> Jeff
> >>
> >> "plumber" <plumber@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:E926E645-3406-460A-8B3B-568128EA057F@microsoft.com...
> >> > Can a 170MB PCMCIA HDD be a stand alone bootable hard drive? If so how
> >> > do
> >> > I
> >> > set it up? The laptop I would like to do this on is a toshiba
> >> > 1400-S151
> >> > with
> >> > XP-Pro installed(C:\). Windows Explorer shows the HDD Card as E:\ I
> >> > do
> >> > not
> >> > know how to, or even if I can have a HDD boot option at startup. Any
> >> > help
> >> > is
> >> > greatly appreciated. thx, fc...
> >>
> >>
>
>