Re: installing winxp on a external hdd

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well, the notebooks bios detects the external drive an uses this like a
"normal" storage device.
As I wrote, Windows (installed on the external drive) begins to start. There
is no other HDD installed in the system, so windows MUST be able to load
files from the USB-Drive. But at a certain point Windows crashes with the
written message.

I guess that Windows recognises during the boot process the usb device and
tries to load the device drivers. But when windows installs new drivers for
the usb device it looses the connection with its system drive.

To bring it to one point: How can I Windows tell to keep the "status quo"
and do nothing with its storage devices.
By the way, I already tried to boot in the "protected mode" but this also
doesn't work.

"Sven" wrote:

> You might try looking in the Bios for settings that might enable booting
> from a USB device. That certainly is something that is possible. It would be
> darn hard to load my Motion Tablet PC as it has no drives, and no external
> interface but USB and PCMCIA. Doesn't say for sure your PC supports it, but
> that's where it would be.
>
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> "Doug Knox MS-MVP" <dknox@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> As far as I know, unless your computer supports booting from the external
> drive, this isn't possible. There are no USB drivers loaded that early in
> the boot sequence.
>
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> "goron" <goron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:3AF4C3FA-105D-4343-8065-B562B33AC9A6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > I 've got a notebook from ASUS and I want to a install Windows XP on an
> > external HDD. When I start installing, WinXP recognises the external drive
> > and it begans to copy all files needed to that drive. But when the
> > computer
> > reboots, all I see is the boot-screen for a few seconds and then it ends
> > with
> > a bluescreen.
> >
> > In some cases it reports "unmountable_boot_device".
> >
> > What can I do to make this work?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > /me
>
>
>
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