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> Boot from a USB drive? Check the BIOS on the machine. Press Del or
> F2 during bootup and check out the boot sequence options. It either
> will or won't list USB. Beware, make sure you exit without
> making/saving changes if you don't understand the options. It's a
> good way render the machine inoperable otherwise.
I've never tried this myself, but I believe USB devices connect at the
operating system level, rather than the BIOS level. If so, I expect
USB devices are not bootable.
Kanguru Systems ( http://kanguru.com/ ) makes a series of removable
hard disks that are bootable. They connect to the IDE controller, so
they're much faster than USB 2.0. The two biggest drawbacks, however,
are they're not hot-swappable and they're more costly than external
USB drives.
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