Install XP Professional on an USB Hard Drive
| Solid State Drives (SSD) & Hard Drives Discuss, Install XP Professional on an USB Hard Drive at Computer Hardware forum; Hello to the forum. I am trying to install Windows XP Professional on my Western Digital USB external hard disk but my first attempt was not successful... My WD disk appears in BIOS and when i boot from the cd it lets me install on it but when it reboots |
Posted: 08-01-2007 - #1
| Hello to the forum. I am trying to install Windows XP Professional on my Western Digital USB external hard disk but my first attempt was not successful... My WD disk appears in BIOS and when i boot from the cd it lets me install on it but when it reboots the PC hangs... Can someone help me? |
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Posted: 12-01-2007 - #8
| contact tech support of manufacturer of ur mobo 
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Posted: 12-01-2007 - #9
| AFAIK you cannot boot Windows XP Home/Professional from USB because at some point in the booting process, the USB support is temporarily reset/lost so you lose the connection to the USB drive. I don't have a reference handy, however. It's possible to boot some modified/reduced versions of Windows XP (e.g. BartPE) from an USB drive, but I don't think that's what you want to do.
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Posted: 12-01-2007 - #10
| Search on google. I tried. Won't work. DrageMester is absolutely correct. It all boils down to the XP boot process, when it loads the USB driver, resets the USB bus to re-enumerate the bus devices. When it does so, USB HDD is disconnected, and windows boot process will not be able to find the original drive as it has been enumerated to another "place". So, when this happens, you WILL get a blue-screen that complains of BOOT_DEVICE_NOT_FOUND or something similar [brain's rusty]. http://www.flexbeta.net/forums/lofiv...php/t7395.html
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Posted: 13-01-2007 - #11
| Thanks guys... since the external USB drive is available from BIOS i thought i could install XP on it...  I did not get a blue screen... i get a dark screen with no messages at all after the xp cd tells me to reboot my computer... I have to try making a Ghost of a previous XP installation... |
Posted: 30-05-2007 - #14
| Dear moderators. All right this time I won't mention the reason why I have my external harddive. :MAD: It is perfectly possible to install Windows XP SP1 on a USB harddisk. I did it following instructions which are still available by this address: http://www.ngine.de/index.jsp?pageid=4176 |
Posted: 30-05-2007 - #15
| Quote:
seemed obvious, but I just wanted to pu tthat out there!
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Posted: 30-05-2007 - #16
| Of course. That page deals with the issue when WinXP takes control of USB over from BIOS. A little sideeffect of NGINE guide is that USB mass storage devices no longer get installed automatically. The user must do 'search for driver' the first time he plugs in a MSD. |
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