Hi guys
Has anyone tried a full XP install on a USB pendrive? I wondered how fast it would be once running? With a 16gig drive you could fit a lot of stuff on
Anyone done it? Does it work?
Hi guys
Has anyone tried a full XP install on a USB pendrive? I wondered how fast it would be once running? With a 16gig drive you could fit a lot of stuff on
Anyone done it? Does it work?
Originally Posted by Advice Trinity by Knoxville
Yup, it works if you:
A) have enough room for it (Try using Nlite)
and
B) Have a motherboard that supports booting from USB.
I've done it myself and it's not that much slower...
But make sure you plug it into a USB 2 port
I considered getting a new larger memory stick just so that I could install Windows on it, for computers at my school get past all the blocks on them. But I ddnt think that their mobo's would support boot from USB
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Yes, I had the password protected BIOS issue.
The easiest way round it is to whack open the case (no screws needed on these towers...) and remove the CMOS battery...
Then the BIOS password is reset and you can you your browser on your memory stick block free!!
yes but i believe that is probably against the law lol
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I tried it at college using a 16GB USB Stick but with no success, but it is meant to work.
This is a site we were told to use.
http://www.collewijn.info/xpe/page/pe2usb.php
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Probably not against the law, but against school/uni rules. Did you sign a decleration stating you would abide be the institutions code of conduct as far as IT useage was concerned. I know many places do this now.
But lets not turn this thread into a discussion of what you can and can't do with school computers
Back to booting from a USB pen.
I would definitely make sure you have a high quality flash drive. Some of them are painfully slow. The Hexus favourite Corsair is probably a good bet.
Yes, and my Lexar Firefly is pretty quick too...
It's also tiny....
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