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    How can I boot an E series from USB diskette

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by bcarteruk, May 1, 2011.

  1. bcarteruk

    bcarteruk Newbie

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    I have been in to bios and set "Boot from external device" as top of the boot order - but the machine still ignores the external diskette drive

    ...I am trying to back up the MBR to diskette
     
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    beaups New Jack Hustler

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    does the "diskette" have an operating system (e.g. DOS) on it?
     
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    bcarteruk Newbie

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    Yep - it works fine to boot my old Z11VN
     
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    beaups New Jack Hustler

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    in bios there's 2 things you have to do. 1 is to put external device at top of boot order. the other is you need to enable booting from external device. it's in the same page in the bios.
     
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    Options were set to

    External Device Boot [Enabled]
    1st Boot Priority [External Device]

    ..and still no boot from USB

    But I tried again this morning after checking the boot options and it now it is working - It looks like it may need a cold start for the changes to take effect ie a hard power off rather than a warm power on restart....

    Thanks for your help..
     
    bcarteruk, May 2, 2011
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