Some OS's don't boot well from an external drive but Linux does just fine. On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 15:41, Michael Havens wrote: > I was just looking at my startup devices menu and the first in line is > 'Removable devices.' Does an external hard drive not count for that? > > > On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 12:25 PM, Michael Havens wrote: > >> hmmmm.... I just went into office max (the best thing we have for a >> computer store in cottonwood) and the computer guy there said that you >> can't boot off of an External hard Drive. Well, another option I have (if >> that is true), is to copy the live CD onto the ED then to boot off of a >> flash drive and on the FD tell it the information is on the ED. I know >> this is possible because I had a linux friend doing something similar to >> this. Does anyone know what I'm talking about? >> >> >> On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 6:41 PM, Michael Havens wrote: >> >>> I'm doing my research to find one of these online and I am unsure of the >>> search terms. What exactly should I enter to find one in which I can insert >>> and remove standard desktop hard drives? Would it be 5.25" enclosure or >>> 3.5"? >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 6:14 PM, Michael Havens wrote: >>> >>>> As you all know my hard drive is no more and all of my spares are kaput >>>> as well. I was thinking that instead of an internal hard drive I would get >>>> an external one. Then, I could always have my computer with me:!) I have a >>>> NetVista computer. Do any of you know if I will have a problem booting from >>>> an external hard drive? When I initialy boot and press F-12 it goes into >>>> boot media order and says that removable media is in the boot order so I >>>> suppose it's all good. What do you think? >>>> >>>> -- >>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> > > > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >