The_Dark_Abyss
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Hi, I backed up Windows to a USB 2.0 drive and am trying to boot off of it. Is this even possible? Because I keep getting an "unmountable boot partition" error . . .
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USB 2.0 HD boot up issue
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DeathFromBelow
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You can with newer systems. What motherboard are you using?
The_Dark_Abyss
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It's the one on my laptop, Xpress 200M RS480 . . .
DeathFromBelow
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I don't know much about the ATi chipset boards. It sounds like it was trying to boot from the drive, so I assume that it's possible.
If you want to boot from a USB drive, you need to actually install Windows on the drive. Tom's Hardware did an article on this and the free tools you can use: http://www.tomshardware.com/howto/20050909/index.html
You can boot into Windows from a USB drive, but I don't know if you can actually install from a USB drive.
If you want to boot from a USB drive, you need to actually install Windows on the drive. Tom's Hardware did an article on this and the free tools you can use: http://www.tomshardware.com/howto/20050909/index.html
You can boot into Windows from a USB drive, but I don't know if you can actually install from a USB drive.
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Well I used Iomega's system backup and backed up my entire system including OS onto the drive and then restored the system on the drive as well so Windows should be installed on the drive . . . I dunno, can I use a USB flash drive to repair the Windows installation on my laptop HD?