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    booting from USB external HDD

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by stevoman, Jun 16, 2008.

  1. stevoman

    stevoman Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi

    recently my laptop broke down (Mobrd) :frown: so decided to use the tutorila in NBR for making an ext. HDD, so i can recover data in the laptop HDD.

    But how do i boot from the usb hdd? :swoon:

    Thanks
     
    stevoman, Jun 16, 2008
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  2. Andy

    Andy Notebook Prophet

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    in ur bios....select boot from usb hdd....or enable the boot menu and then select the usb hdd....which os is it..??
     
    Andy, Jun 16, 2008
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  3. The_Observer

    The_Observer 9262 is the best:)

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    After you made the bootable HDD,change the boot order in BIOS.But only new BIOS support this.
     
    The_Observer, Jun 16, 2008
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