On 5/24/11 11:00 AM, August Abolins -> GEORGE LAGERGREN wrote:

 AA> GEORGE LAGERGREN -> ALL said the following..

 GL>> Since Win XP / Win Vista / Win 7 does not allow booting from
 GL>> an external pure USB HDD or an external FIREWIRE HDD ---

 AA> I have a couple of machines that have the BIOS option to "Boot from USB
 AA> device". Haven't tested that, however.

Most modern Bios' allow booting from USB.  The problem, however, is that
without a hack, Windows will not boot from an external device such as a
flash drive or hard drive.  That's a Microsoft thing.  I've booted Linux
Ubuntu from an external hard drive without any problem whatsoever.

Likewise, OS X can be booted from an external hard drive.  Although running
any OS from an external hard drive is slow even with Firewire 800
technology.  Maybe it will be more doable now that Apple has included the
Thunderbolt port on all new Macs.  There are still no Thunderbolt devices
available yet but are forthcoming.

Regards.

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