Does the USB 2.0 power support booting and running Windows 7 Pro?
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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.
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Sorry, that's just not a rational or coherent question. Operating systems are (for the most part) irrelevant to issues of power at the USB port.That's determined by the revision of USB device in question.USB 2.0 ports put out about 0.5 amps, which is marginal at best for running external drives.Which is why they increased available power on the 5 volt line of the USB port when they created the USB 3 standard, which puts out up to an amp of power. This external drive receives power via a USB 3.0 connector. That's the only way it gets power.---marty Sorry, that's just not a rational or coherent question. Operating systems are (for the most part) irrelevant to issues of power at the USB port.That's determined by the revision of USB device in question.USB 2.0 ports put out about 0.5 amps, which is marginal at best for running external drives.Which is why they increased available power on the 5 volt line of the USB port when they created the USB 3 standard, which puts out up to an amp of power. This external drive receives power via a USB 3.0 connector. That's the only way... » Read More Sorry, that's just not a rational or coherent question. Operating systems are (for the most part) irrelevant to issues of power at the USB port.That's determined by the revision of USB device in question.USB 2.0 ports put out about 0.5 amps, which is marginal at best for running external drives.Which is why they increased available power on the 5 volt line of the USB port when they created the USB 3 standard, which puts out up to an amp of power. This external drive receives power via a USB 3.0 connector. That's the only way it gets power.---marty « Show Less
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The case supports both USB 2.0 and 3.0 speeds, however booting is limited to interface speed. The power connector is only for power.
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My machine only has USB 2.0, so I can't say anything about higher versions, sorry...
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Yes, there are 2 USB 3.0 ports on the mother board and depending on your case the mother board is setup to support USB 3.0 connections on the front of the case.
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Nope. Msi has a separate bios for Win7 though. I go back and forth all of the time. Just be sure to flash the proper BIOS before installing. You can do this from inside of the BIOS. With that said, for 4.99, you can get start8 which makes it work almost exactly like Win7 with better support for the latest technology (usb3, ssd, etc.)
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Yes i installed my windows 7 ultimate from usb, and it does come with uefi bios
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Yes it is, I'm currently using 4 sticks (32 GB) running Windows 8 Pro perfectly.
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I wouldn't know ... I have yet to get mine to boot up in windows. Buy something, anything else.
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Yes. Any new USB product should work with Windows 7 providing no random errors.
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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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The Discription says "Plug in to Any USB 2.0/1.1 Interface". Hmmm! Is this just for Power?
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I am using mine between an XP box and a Win7 box. I would check with IOGEAR regarding Win2K, but it may come down to the USB revision.
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??? It should works well with my laptop Which has Windows 7, however you need two USB ports for power.
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I got windows 7 up without a hitch and haven't had problems with it. If it's a problem with the USB 3, have you tried the back of the machine? I'm not 100% sure, but I thought the back ports were 2.0.
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Thanks to you all for your response. I guess I will have to live with USB 2.0 speed
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I am not sure using Windows 7 Home Premium but I dont see why not since it is a usb interface should work fine in my opinion
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Yes, but you really need to know what you're doing as far as drivers go to get everything set up properly. I have mine running Windows 7. It can be done, it just takes a little extra work. Also, you need to disable secure-boot from within the bios before you begin anything at all
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Yes, you can install windows through USB on this motherboard. That's how I installed windows 7. Also yes, the bios is a UEFI. It doesn't have any overclocking options, however.