Yes, be sure you bios allow for booting from USB. All in all, I would not get an external USB hard drive. The bus speed is important, doncha think? USB is not fast! Just go get a SATA drive? Order one online. But first be sure you have a SATA capable mobo? JD is right, the USB2 card or sata dock would be required. How about a SSD drive? They are quite a bit faster? (Internal)? On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 4:39 PM, JD Austin wrote: > Add a USB2 card and get either a sata dock (you'll want to put a fan on it) > or get a hotswap drive bay. > > > On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 16:26, Michael Havens wrote: > >> 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~(-: >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> 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 > -- (602) 791-8002 Android (623) 239-3392 Skype (623) 688-3392 Google Voice ** HomeSmartInternational.com