2007-03-04 12:05:15 · 5 answers · asked by James G 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
Yes you can. With any LINUX LIVE CD. Try UBUNTU first.
2007-03-04 12:53:08 · answer #1 · answered by hitechsleuth 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure, you might have to change some settings in the BIOS. In the BIOS you need to make sure the ports are enabled and that the boot priorities are set for that particular device. I just recently had to make a copy of dying hard-drive and send the image to my computer via the network. I used my USB stick and booted the computer into ghost, so that I could copy it. I've also noticed that when I left the USB stick in while I was installing XP it did recognize it, so it may be possible to install Windows on it too.
2007-03-04 20:14:08 · answer #2 · answered by Elliot K 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, originally the first computers didn't have a hard drive. Actually everything was run off of Floppies.... a boot floppy, a word processing floppy, a printer floppy. (i.e. Disk Operating System (DOS).
So given the right computer that can run on DOS , I believe it would still be possible..... or you could try booting from a USB drive but I believe that the hard drive would be needed to activate the port.... hmmmmm
2007-03-04 20:10:41 · answer #3 · answered by longhats 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you have your operating system installed on the external drive you can.
2007-03-04 20:14:06 · answer #4 · answered by INOA 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Where are you going to install the OS?
2007-03-04 20:08:15 · answer #5 · answered by wave_with_all_ur_fingers 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋