Sometimes it is a very complex task to make it work specially with older machines.
They might need to upgrade or modify certain things as hardware or software or even
to mess around with BIOS or registry.
Well, if its to hard get some help or do not do it at all on the particular machines.
The ideal scenario would be that you get a mobile SATA drive and get a external SATA connection
to all your PCs.Why SATA ? Because it is fast,supporting hot swapping and all you need to do is
to assign the boot sequence in your BIOS for booting preference.
But not all my friends have an external SATA connection...
So if you want to be universal go for USB.But,but,but ...not every machine has the latest BIOS
which ones would inable booting from the USB...
They might need to upgrade or modify certain things as hardware or software or even
to mess around with BIOS or registry.
Well, if its to hard get some help or do not do it at all on the particular machines.
The ideal scenario would be that you get a mobile SATA drive and get a external SATA connection
to all your PCs.Why SATA ? Because it is fast,supporting hot swapping and all you need to do is
to assign the boot sequence in your BIOS for booting preference.
But not all my friends have an external SATA connection...
So if you want to be universal go for USB.But,but,but ...not every machine has the latest BIOS
which ones would inable booting from the USB...
Are there going to be some issues with the speed ?
If you want to know how to find out your hard drive or USB speed ,have a look at the other
interesting article here .
interesting article here .
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If you will use SATA hot swapping the speed will not be affected.On the contrary USB connection
appears to be always slower due to the “bottle neck” created by USB connection.
appears to be always slower due to the “bottle neck” created by USB connection.
You can read more about the speed here.
So what is the “sort of acceptable solution” if I want to travel with minimum package ?
Basically if you would take a portable hard drive only with your work on it, USB connection would
be the most universal one,so get an USB hard drive.In addition to that you will need the programs
to run your files.You can make a bootable CD to boot any machine to be looking as pretty close
equivalent of yours.The important programs can be installed on hard drive.The bootable CD should
Have the minimum size of o/s try something like Xplite from Lite PC which would require just under
350M space and can be installed on CD ROM.
be the most universal one,so get an USB hard drive.In addition to that you will need the programs
to run your files.You can make a bootable CD to boot any machine to be looking as pretty close
equivalent of yours.The important programs can be installed on hard drive.The bootable CD should
Have the minimum size of o/s try something like Xplite from Lite PC which would require just under
350M space and can be installed on CD ROM.
What can go wrong:
- any PC can be booted from external drive
- external drive can be hard drive,DVD/CD Rom or USB flash drive
- new machines have grater flexibility in terms of adopting the external boot device
- on some older machines it is not worth doing it
- external drive can be hard drive,DVD/CD Rom or USB flash drive
- new machines have grater flexibility in terms of adopting the external boot device
- on some older machines it is not worth doing it
A: What we found out
The idea behind the external Hard drive to be bootable is that you take your data on a mobile
disk to your friend’s place and all you have to do is to plug it into his PC and you can have
all your work and programs in front of you.
In other words,you do not have to drag your PC or laptop with you ,just take a small Hard drive.
It is not a bad idea at all.
disk to your friend’s place and all you have to do is to plug it into his PC and you can have
all your work and programs in front of you.
In other words,you do not have to drag your PC or laptop with you ,just take a small Hard drive.
It is not a bad idea at all.
Q: Can be the external hard drive bootable
