One more thing.... I don't think I have USB 2.0 On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 4:17 PM, Michael Havens wrote: > thanks, JD. Do you know the terms I need to enter into google to find what > I'm looking for? What I want is an external housing for a single hard disk > drive (maybe two) in which it is possible to swap out drives w/o unscrewing > things. Maybe I would be better off getting a standard EHD? > > > On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 3:56 PM, JD Austin wrote: > >> 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 >>> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> 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 >> > > > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: