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11th Jul 2009, 20:15
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ok here is the deal...
i have an internal hard drive...since it was not been used i decided to install windows xp on it..and i bought some cables on ebay that you can connect SATA to USB...when i tried to boot form it via USB i get a blue screen. i can see the Windows XP loading and then right after that i get the blue screen and my computer restarts...my BIOS recognizes the hard drive... i have done some research and so far of what i have read or comprehended to my understending i need a firewire in order to boot from the hard drive...but not sure...  thank you in advance for all your answers... |
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12th Jul 2009, 13:00
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when the computer starts put in the operating system cd and boot from the cd
choose the repair option (press r) it should come up with a dos screen with a choice between harddrives choose the new one and press enter then it should come up with a C:/WINDOWS> or something similar type CHKDSK /r and that should sort it out |
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12th Jul 2009, 18:55
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here is the link of the adapters i bought... http://cgi.ebay.com/3-in-1-USB-2-0-T...4|293:1|294:50 |
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13th Jul 2009, 04:11
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Are yo sure your bios supports booting from USB ?
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13th Jul 2009, 15:11
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yes, the bios supports the USB, but a few minutes ago i was talking to a friend of mine that is a computer science major and he said it will be close to a miracle that i will get that hard drive to boot..
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13th Jul 2009, 15:21
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Are you certain the bios supports "booting from USB" ..... not just supporting USB ? ..... as only newer versions of bios normally do. There should be a specific setting in bios, if it does.
If it definiely supports "booting from USB" then it should work ok. |
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13th Jul 2009, 15:31
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your right...when i go into the BIOS to set up the priority booting device.. i see (1) cd-rom, (2) Internal HDD (3)the USB..
so i select the option (3) and the hard drive starts to boot...and i can see the Windows XP loading screen..i attached a link so you know what im talking about and right after that thats when the computer crashes... may be i have to update my BIOS... |
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13th Jul 2009, 15:37
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I removed the link, that site blocks hotlinking so the image didnt show.
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13th Jul 2009, 15:39
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No problem...im sorry if im breaking any rules by posting links....
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