external firewire/USB hdd as a Boot option

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Your motherboard's BIOS would have to have the option (capability) to boot from an external device.
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Maurice N
MVP Windows - Shell / User
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mgm wrote:
> Can anyone point me in the right direction for info as to how to do
> this?

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> mgm wrote:
>> Can anyone point me in the right direction for info as to how to do
>> this?


> "Maurice N ~ MVP" <maurice@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:uIsO5KwqFHA.3216@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Your motherboard's BIOS would have to have the option (capability) to boot
> from an external device.
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> Maurice N
> MVP Windows - Shell / User


"mgm" <mgmombo@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:%23TAsLMyqFHA.3424@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>I should have been more specific. What files from the WinXP OS Disk have to
>be on the external drive?


mgm:
To the best of my knowledge, a USB/Firewire external HD is *not* bootable to
the XP operating system. The fact that one's motherboard indicates
"capability" for this feature is, unfortunately, irrelevant.

I know there have been many reports (such as the one above) from persons
indicating that a user can boot XP from a USBEHD as long as the
motherboard's BIOS supports this capability, but I have *never* come across
a single confirmed case where this "capability" was achieved. I myself have
worked with scores of motherboards presumably having this capability
together with dozens of different USBEHDs, but I've yet to be able to boot
XP from that device.
Anna