2007-01-27 03:28:57 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
an external harddrive (typically USB) can be used to boot from IF your motherboard's BIOS supports it. (most newer motherboards can do this)
2007-01-27 03:32:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most of the times no, because boot.ini is loaded before your plug and play drivers are loaded, thus the external hard drive will not even be read until after boot.ini, and boot.ini tells where to load Windows from..
some bios do support loading the usb pnp drivers before boot.ini and in that case will work..
2007-01-27 11:33:50 · answer #2 · answered by keith s 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
As said above, if your motherboard supports it you can. In the BIOS you need to choose boot from USB.
2007-01-27 12:21:27 · answer #3 · answered by INOA 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes, but everything has to be put on the new hard drive
2007-01-27 11:39:57 · answer #4 · answered by Elvis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sure, just install an operating system on it (windows)
2007-01-27 11:32:08 · answer #5 · answered by megasparks0101 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋