can windows boot off an external hard drive or does it have to be internal, i say this because i need a new hard drive and it seemed like getting a low-cap internal would work if i could use it to boot, my other alternative that i really dont want to do because its a bit expensive, is to get a PCI to SATA adapter and another internal drive. Anyone know if they make complete IDE drives anymore?
booting off external hard drive
- Thread starter jekz409
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You mean like one of these? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822140133
well im not too much of a fan of ordering stuff online, never really caught on to that. Any retailers, like Compusa, officemax/depot, stapes or any of those have IDE hard drives? and just as an example, could you boot windows with this . And the one you shwed me, excuse me for being lazy and not looking for myself, but is that fully assembled, case and all?
It might work on a newer machine but I don't think your BIOS will support booting from USB. Here compusa has ata133 drives as well http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=272571&pfp=cat3