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Booting new Hard drive from USB [Install OS from USB drive]

Discussion in 'PC Hardware' started by felixsinky, 2005/07/14.

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  1. 2005/07/14
    felixsinky

    felixsinky Inactive Thread Starter

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    I have a sony vaio whose HDD got crashed. I have got a replacement for it. All I have to boot from is a usb port. I have tried booting with USB floppy drive and usb cd drive without success.
    I have tried to change the boot sequence but there is no provision for booting from usb in the Phoenix Bios setup utility.
    How do I boot the system through USB so as to go on with my installation.
    Thanks
     
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  2. 2005/07/14
    PeteC

    PeteC SuperGeek Staff

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    felixsinky - Welcome to the Board :)
    With extreme difficulty, if at all. The problem is that the USB drivers are loaded by Windows so do not exist until Windows is running.

    However there may be a solution here, scroll down to the bottom of the page for the 'accepted answer' ....

    http://www.experts-exchange.com/Hardware/Laptops_Notebooks/Q_21277281.html

    and maybe another here ....

    http://www.netcal.com/news.php?article=8

    Let us know how you get on - Good Luck :)
     
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  4. 2005/07/17
    felixsinky

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    Glad to hear of your success :)
     
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