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    AP M15x booting from SD Card

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by joeaux, Jan 7, 2010.

  1. joeaux

    joeaux Notebook Geek

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    Is it possible? Or is this a case of "the unit only sees the card after windoze loads a driver". Like the original Acer Aspire One. That was my only gripe with that little machine. I can't seem to get it to boot from the SD slot. Anyone?
     
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    you would pick removable storage to boot from but the sd card need to be formatted to boot.
     
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    Hmmm. Tried that. Didn't work.
     
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    Looks like the same problem that the Acer had. The BIOS doesn't recognize the SD Card at all. If I put it in a USB reader, plug it in the M15x and then boot to the selection screen, it'll boot fine. But just as a SD Card it won't boot. Thanks for the input though!
     
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