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  1. 09-22-2004, 03:50 AM #1
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    Sombody verify this for me please

    Can I boot my persario 9100a from an external hard drive (usb)?

    I just want to make sure that I can boot an OS from an external hard drive via USB
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    no, unless there is something newer out, you cant do this....USB drives need windows drivers to work.
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    Quote Originally Posted by stimps
    no, unless there is something newer out, you cant do this....USB drives need windows drivers to work.
    Some newer bios support booting from USB devices.
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    Quote Originally Posted by stimps
    no, unless there is something newer out, you cant do this....USB drives need windows drivers to work.
    Not true at all. It depends on the MB BIOS. My system will support booting from USB drives.
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    really? oh thats cool, I guess thats how my USB keyboard works from boot ...tho it only does it sometimes....hrmm..
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    Could you all help me find out if my presario 9100a will be able to boot from an external HD via USB? I intended on building a desktop HD -> laptop mobo connector and using a seperate power supply to power the desktop HD as a muddy looking alternative. However, if I boot from an external hard disk via USB, it would save me the trouble I know the presario is USB 1.1 ~ I just don't see how DIM can detect USB in order to boot an OS from an external HD. Can you all help me find a BIOS flash that would enable the DIM to read the external HD as a primary drive? Or Maybe a firmware upgrade for an external HD that would allow the DIM to read it? If not, where can I get a backwards-compatible BIOS chip for the presario board. Any ideas?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Joe_Collectible
    Could you all help me find out if my presario 9100a will be able to boot from an external HD via USB? I intended on building a desktop HD -> laptop mobo connector and using a seperate power supply to power the desktop HD as a muddy looking alternative. However, if I boot from an external hard disk via USB, it would save me the trouble I know the presario is USB 1.1 ~ I just don't see how DIM can detect USB in order to boot an OS from an external HD. Can you all help me find a BIOS flash that would enable the DIM to read the external HD as a primary drive? Or Maybe a firmware upgrade for an external HD that would allow the DIM to read it? If not, where can I get a backwards-compatible BIOS chip for the presario board. Any ideas?
    Let's see... The HP/Compaq site doesn't even have obviously-availabe support for the Presario 9100a.
    I don't think it's possible.
    Have you looked in the FAQ yet?
    How about the Wiki?


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    yeah, I didn't know if maybe you all had some super hi-tech links laying around that contained massive amounts of bios flashing software. Looks like I have to stick to IDE
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    Quote Originally Posted by Joe_Collectible
    Could you all help me find out if my presario 9100a will be able to boot from an external HD via USB? I intended on building a desktop HD -> laptop mobo connector and using a seperate power supply to power the desktop HD as a muddy looking alternative. However, if I boot from an external hard disk via USB, it would save me the trouble I know the presario is USB 1.1 ~ I just don't see how DIM can detect USB in order to boot an OS from an external HD. Can you all help me find a BIOS flash that would enable the DIM to read the external HD as a primary drive? Or Maybe a firmware upgrade for an external HD that would allow the DIM to read it? If not, where can I get a backwards-compatible BIOS chip for the presario board. Any ideas?
    Why don't you go into your motherboards BIOS and find out if it can boot from USB. There are a lot of motherboards that do this.
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    Sorry mate, Didn't give out all the details... I have the ability to buy a presario laptop 9100a ... 1700 athlon, 256 ram, wireless card, 16meg radeon, 5 gig HD (hd clicks~scratched head/won't save data) - also has busted LCD - all for $50 Haven't bought it yet, I am trying to see if this will be useful as my carputer. I have other system components/options other than this, but if this can work without me buying a laptop HD, it would be cheaper for me than the alternative; therefore allowing me to go ahead with my touchscreen purchase

    If you think I could prolly sell it on ebay for $50 as-is; I will buy it off the guy. If it doesn't work; I will put it on ebay.

    THanks for your help btw
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