Possible USB Drive boot?

AtticusAtticus Dryden, Ontario, Canada.
edited March 2006 in Nerdery
Can a person boot Windows XP Pro from a USB Pen-type drive and how big would the drive have to be to fit a basic XP Pro install? Would this setup out-perform a 36GB Raptor?

Comments

  • ArmoArmo Mr. Nice Guy Is Dead,Only Aqua Remains Member
    edited March 2006
    no usb device will out perform a normal HDD. i boot BartPE off a flash disk but to get it to install XP on it would be quite difficult, you can however get adapters and use a compact flash card as a hard drive and install XP, Linux you name it on those.
  • RWBRWB Icrontian
    edited March 2006
    I am curious if you can install windows 98 on a USB drive though... anyone?
  • TheSmJTheSmJ
    edited March 2006
    RWB wrote:
    I am curious if you can install windows 98 on a USB drive though... anyone?


    Try it. Only reason I can think of it not working is because it may not be able to "see" a USB drive without drivers installed after it's installation.
  • ArmoArmo Mr. Nice Guy Is Dead,Only Aqua Remains Member
    edited March 2006
    here is the CF to IDE converter i was talking about

    http://www.logicsupply.com/default.php/cPath/47_67

    they also make flash memory in thre IDE interface

    http://www.logicsupply.com/default.php/cPath/44
  • LincLinc Owner Detroit Icrontian
    edited March 2006
    Not terribly useful if you're bent on using Windows, but I will be posting this guide to booting from a USB drive using Ubuntu from hddsaver.com on the front page soon.
Sign In or Register to comment.