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01-28-2009
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| Vista Enterprise 32bit | SD Bootable? Does anyone know how to boot from an SD card? |
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01-28-2009
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| Vista Home Premium 32-bit & Vista Ultimate 64-bit both Service Pack 2 W7 Pro RTM 7600 32 & 64 | Re: SD Bootable? Hi Eagle710, In theory, yes it should be possible as an SD card reader is interfaced via a USB port, either internally or externally. Check your motherboard manual and the BIOS settings to see if you can select a USB device there as a boot device. You will, of course need to use an SDHC card of at least 4 GB in capacity. I am going to pose this question here: USB Bootable Vista Installation Flash Thumb Drive to see what Shawn makes of the idea. |
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01-28-2009
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| Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | Re: SD Bootable? Hi Eagle710 and Dwarf, I have not tried this, but as Dwarf posted, if your BIOS has the option to select the USB SD card to boot from, then yes you should be able to. |
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01-28-2009
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| Vista Enterprise 32bit | Re: SD Bootable? I have read that you can use emualtion software to make the system think that the SD internal reader is really a FDD or USB HDD........ I also read that you can put ntldr and some other files on an SD card and it will be bootable. Funny thing is I wanna put WinPE 2 on the SD. |
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01-28-2009
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| Windows 7 x64 build 7100 & Ubuntu 9.04 | Re: SD Bootable? If it is plugged in to the computer with an OS on it, then you can boot off it. I have not tried this, but as you can boot from a flash, then you should be able to. Let us know if it works. ~Lordbob |
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01-29-2009
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| Vista Enterprise 32bit | Re: SD Bootable? But it doesn't detect the drive.....I am not sure how to make my system detect it |
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01-29-2009
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| Windows 7 x64 build 7100 & Ubuntu 9.04 | Re: SD Bootable? Is it plugged into a reader in a USB port? You should just select "Boot from Removable Media" ~Lordbob |
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01-29-2009
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| Vista Enterprise 32bit | Re: SD Bootable? It is plugged in directly to a SD/MMC slot on the laptop. |
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01-29-2009
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| Windows 7 x64 build 7100 & Ubuntu 9.04 | Re: SD Bootable? Oh... Well is there an option in the BIOS to boot from external media? That is what you need to try to do there... ~Lordbob |
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01-29-2009
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| Vista Enterprise 32bit | Re: SD Bootable? My system has the option too boot from USB CD-ROM/ USB Floppy/USB SuperDisk/ Notebook Multibay/ Notebook HDD /Network ... what does super disk and that cd-rom/floppy mean? When i plug in my USB key it automatically populates the boot menu to include the usb... |
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