Are External Hard Disk Drives Bootable?

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Posted by Mervyn Thomas on September 23, 2005, 9:09 am

I am seeking the ultimate backup and wondered if anyone has experience on
how to make a USB drive bootable from one machine to another?

Posted by Timothy Daniels on September 23, 2005, 8:39 am

"Mervyn Thomas" wrote:

>I am seeking the ultimate backup and wondered if anyone
> has experience on how to make a USB drive bootable
> from one machine to another?

Don't forget the problem of activation on the new machine
if you're running WinXP.

*TimDaniels*

Posted by kony on September 23, 2005, 10:20 pm

On Fri, 23 Sep 2005 08:39:30 -0700, "Timothy Daniels"

>"Mervyn Thomas" wrote:

>>I am seeking the ultimate backup and wondered if anyone
>> has experience on how to make a USB drive bootable
>> from one machine to another?

> Don't forget the problem of activation on the new machine
> if you're running WinXP.

You might be off on a wild tangent here, there is no
activation issue for the basic task the OP described.

Posted by Timothy Daniels on September 23, 2005, 5:14 pm

"kony" wrote:

> "Timothy Daniels" wrote:
>

>>"Mervyn Thomas" wrote:

>>>I am seeking the ultimate backup and wondered if anyone
>>> has experience on how to make a USB drive bootable
>>> from one machine to another?

>> Don't forget the problem of activation on the new machine
>> if you're running WinXP.

>
>
> You might be off on a wild tangent here, there is no
> activation issue for the basic task the OP described.

If the OP intends to install WinXP on a drive in one computer
and then move it to another computer and use it, it will
have to be re-activated for the new computer because
ntdetect.com will recognize the major change in environment
when it runs in the new computer. The keyword is "bootable".
If all the OP wants to do is transfer data between 2 computers,
"bootable" (as in "able to bootstrap-load itself") isn't part of
the question.

*TimDaniels*

Posted by G on September 24, 2005, 1:10 am

says...

> "kony" wrote:

> > "Timothy Daniels" wrote:
> >

> >>"Mervyn Thomas" wrote:
> >>>I am seeking the ultimate backup and wondered if anyone
> >>> has experience on how to make a USB drive bootable
> >>> from one machine to another?
> >> Don't forget the problem of activation on the new machine
> >> if you're running WinXP.

> >
> >
> > You might be off on a wild tangent here, there is no
> > activation issue for the basic task the OP described.

>
>
> If the OP intends to install WinXP on a drive in one computer
> and then move it to another computer and use it, it will
> have to be re-activated for the new computer because
> ntdetect.com will recognize the major change in environment
> when it runs in the new computer. The keyword is "bootable".
> If all the OP wants to do is transfer data between 2 computers,
> "bootable" (as in "able to bootstrap-load itself") isn't part of
> the question.
>
> *TimDaniels*
>