Why don't you just buy a 2-GB capacity flash disk and install Windows XP on the disk, then boot from the flash disk and your hard-disk will be completely untouched? And also, as a plus side you don't need passwords; just plug in the drive and if there's no drive, you cannot access the computer?
2007-02-17 16:25:44 · 5 answers · asked by Chaille L 4 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
sounds like a good idea but i don't know if it would work.. its worth a try tho if you do try this I'd like to know if it worked or not
2007-02-17 16:30:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
What a brilliant mind. That's a very good idea.
You know today it is not impossible pal, that's becuase of the newest and rapid transitions of hardware and software technology. They becoming more increasingly sophisticated and very dynamic in the industry of computing.
Probably windows platform can not do that thing using flash drive with large capacity of space and use as boot disk. But if you know Linux OS then you can use the newest technology using flash drive booting with pre-installed Mandriva Flash Linux OS. That's pretty coool...
Check that site given by Mr. slits_thr.... c,"...
2007-02-25 13:34:39 · answer #2 · answered by pcx-13th-trainer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because running it from a flash disk would be painfully slow ... and i do think they make a cutdown version of some operating systems to do that .... but also u would need to set the bios to boot from it anyway ... so u couldnt just go up to any pc and boot it off with it ...
2007-02-17 16:29:08 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, Mandriva linux... http://www.mandriva.com/en/individuals/products/node_3482
2007-02-17 16:34:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no you cant
2007-02-25 10:33:51 · answer #5 · answered by max v 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋