Are External Hard Disk Drives Bootable?

 

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?

 

"Mervyn Thomas" wrote:

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

*TimDaniels*

 

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


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

 

"kony" wrote:

    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*

 

says...

Avoid the activation problem completely - dump XP, load Win2K.