can i boot from this?
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NOTE: Very important, after installing your old drive in this encasement, plug it in and connect it via the USB to a working computer, and immediately run an anti virus check on it to clean your old drive! I do not believe you can boot from it. (never tried to or had to!) I use this to retrieve data from the old drive installed in it, (it works great) however, it also can be utilized as an external hard drive once installed.
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You should be able to. I don't know if you would be able to boot from it though, which is the purpose of the ssd. That seems to be a pretty old machine. go to reddit.com/r/buildapc they can give you better tech info, and help you build a much better pc cheaply. Amazon also sells a wide variety of good processors, and motherboards, that can help with this.
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Yes, all of the USB 3.0 and 2.0 ports work. You can boot from either of them.
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deltasquare has a great point about booting from USB. You're also going to have an issue with performance on running with external HDD. Go with mSATA, it's fast and relatively cheap.
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I just checked my e-manual and it appears to be possible, go to BIOS, go to boot devices, and set it for that. if you send me your email I'll send you a pdf of the manual.
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most definitely it can boot via this card.I am using it as the source for sata drives and have only one HD on itand of course it boots, the bios has to see it then the drive and boot sequence is set in order of preference.
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With Dev E. you already have an unlocked boot loader, but of course you can do it by yourself with Standard E.
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If you are trying to ask if you can turn it into a boot drive where you can load OS's from then yes you can. You will have to download specific software that will wipe the drive and then install the OS onto the drive to be installed on your computer.
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I can't say for sure, but I don't see why not. I don't believe the operating system you're plugging in is really even relevant.
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An external logo? Should be able to. I don't have the background to answer how. If you want to install a boot logo yes . You just have to write a small instructional file. You can Google that and you should be able to find the script. It should be a short boot file with an .initial in a small partition.
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With my ASUS UEFI BIOS my boot priority allows me to choose any device that has boot software to boot from. I can boot from an external HDD or a flash drive or DVD.
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plug in the external cd/dvd player and reboot. hit F12 during the reboot and you should go to a menu that allows you to choose the external drive as your boot device, then hit enter to confirm when asked.cheersLarry
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You can boot most any linux install from them, yes. I'm here for another for just that purpose. Even a little 512MB will run some distros, but this is adequate for a full-on portable linux operating system with all the bells and whistles. Check out Pendrivelinux dot com.
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There is no reason why not, I have booted from many devices. The only issue is that the new boot must be UEFI capable and needs to have power management drivers to keep from overheating the ventless design. I do not know of any Android distros like that.
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The manual (printed or PDF) contains instructions. There are also PDF files in the support site that cover this. It's 100% possible, but you need a USB Flash Drive, and another computer to prep it. It takes some time to work so be patient. But it works. That's how I did it. Importantly: you may need to perform the CAP migration first. Read the docs, they walk you throught it. It's essentially the same procedure as "blind flashing" (flashing without boot).
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While I don't run another OS from it, I don't see why not? just hold down the "Option" key while booting and select it as the boot drive, but in truth I'd check with Apple's KB about running Boot Camp from an external drive.
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You probably will need to use the eSATA port to use this as an external boot drive. Windows does not like to boot from USB. But connected with eSATA and using the USB power only connector to power it, I am using this as an external boot drive with Windows 7. I will try connecting it as USB when I get home tonight and see if it will boot.