Dual boot: Is it easy to set up a dual boot with xp booting from a usb memory stick?
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It depends on how big the USB drive is. Windows XP is a pretty big OS compared to Linux. It also depends on whether or not the BIOS supports booting from USB.
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If you had a windows 7 disk and key, it should not be a problem. Do a quick google search though. I know on the past the difference between xp and vista/7 there was a chipset driver that needed installed with it which lead to a giant hassle. As long as the chipsets are the same you are good to go.
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Yes. That's the short answer. Think of the USB device as just another hard drive. When you boot and want to boot from the usb device, hit the ESCAPE button or whatever other choices. Then choose your drive letter and follow directions.
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Forgot to say use a 2GB stick. Replace floppy drive with emulator. do not change jumper setting> works as is. plug in stick and format per instructions> works wonderful ! DAN
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i installed into an older computer of mine with xp on it.it installed automatically. if there is a disk with yoursyou could use it too.
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Yes, one can press "F12" just after powering on to show a BIOS boot screen and choose the USB to boot from. (one has to press "F12" a couple of times quickly!"
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NO. I tried to set up an ASUS dvd burner to it and it does not work. As soon as I plug in the drive, it wants to boot to CD. The BIOS is set up correctly to boot to my hard drive - first boot device but the computer insists on booting to CD. I have tried all possible scenarios for the sata (combined, enhanced and auto) and all still want to boot to CD. I have no use for the RAID capabilities. I just want to use my burner. It flat won't do it. Using XP Pro. The specified boot order in the BIOS is first hard drive, second hard drive and add-in cards last. Still wants to boot to CD. The error is "please insert boot device and press enter" .Buy a non raid single port drive. That's what I'm looking for now. NO. I tried to set up an ASUS dvd burner to it and it does not work. As soon as I plug in the drive, it wants to boot to CD. The BIOS is set up correctly to boot to my hard drive - first boot device but the computer insists on booting to CD. I have tried all possible scenarios for the sata (combined, enhanced and auto) and all still want to boot to CD. I have no use for the RAID capabilities. I just want to use my burner. It flat won't do it. Using XP Pro. The specified boot order in the BIOS is first hard drive, second hard drive and add-in cards last. Still wants to boot to CD. The error... » Read More NO. I tried to set up an ASUS dvd burner to it and it does not work. As soon as I plug in the drive, it wants to boot to CD. The BIOS is set up correctly to boot to my hard drive - first boot device but the computer insists on booting to CD. I have tried all possible scenarios for the sata (combined, enhanced and auto) and all still want to boot to CD. I have no use for the RAID capabilities. I just want to use my burner. It flat won't do it. Using XP Pro. The specified boot order in the BIOS is first hard drive, second hard drive and add-in cards last. Still wants to boot to CD. The error is "please insert boot device and press enter" .Buy a non raid single port drive. That's what I'm looking for now. « Show Less
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I would go into the bios settings of your machine, if you are computer savy, and set the bootup list to include usb devices. Plus move the usb device as the first device. If the usb device is not attached, the system will default to the next device on the list. I have not tried this myself, but should work. Hope this helps.
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Sorry, I never tried booting from it. It may depend on whether or not your BIOS sees it when it boots. I highly doubt you can do anything with this card before the OS loads.
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Yes. This is a normal PC after you assemble it. Load the operating system (Windows) via usb from a memory stick or external DVD. Then load the drivers right after that. If you're using a stick, copy the drivers to the stick first on another system. Make sure the stick is bootable.
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Yes, I used it to actually boot a Windows XP Pro installation via the USB port. It works perfectly with Windows XP Pro as well as Windows 7 Pro.
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Yes, that's what I did. Just make sure to change the boot order in the bios to your external optical disk, then back to hdd as primary when finished.
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I'd consider doing a dual boot just in case the second OS doesn't take properly.
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Although I personally haven't had occasion to utilize the CoolGear USB adapter on an XP driven unit, the provided instruction booklet clearly states that Windows XP will automatically detect the presence of the attached hard drive connected to this unit. I doubt not that it will work well for you. RAS
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Mine is USB, I could not find any XP drivers to get it to work have not tried it with WIN 7.
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You can, but it takes tinkering in the settings & putting it in xp mode which is less secure
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I cannot answer this for sure but if your USB ports have always worked god and your running anything from Xp forward I would order it if it was me.