Can I boot Vista OS from an external USB drive

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• How can I remove restrictions file from an external hard drive so I can view or access these files on any computer instead of just one file has first been created?

  I have an external hard drive that I loaded all my important files on all my computers. There is a file that I put in place restrictions to access, but it has been so long that I don't know how I did it or how to remove it. How can I remove restrictions file from an external hard drive so I can view or access these files on any computer instead of just one file has first been created? The computer that I created the folder of running Windows Vista. I am not able to access files in this folder from any other computer. It gives me the following error: "E:\School is not accessible. Access is denied. »

  Hi mango127,

  I suggest that you give all permissions for everyone on this folder and check if it works.

  "Access denied" error message when you try to open a folder

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/810881

  How to capture a file or a folder in Windows XP

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/308421

  If the previous step fails then I would suggest that you take the backup of this folder on the computer you were accessing and later to format the hard drive.

  How to use disk management to configure basic disks in Windows XP

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/309000

• How to recover my Dell Vista computer from an external USB?

  I have a Dell Vista Home Basic computer (hard drive came with a system partition and a recovery partition).  I have an external USB drive that I would like to be able to use it to restore my system in case of failure of the internal hard drive and I need to replace the internal drive.  Is this possible, hopefully easily and for free?

  Hello

  You cannot use Vista Home Basic to do a full backup of the computer;

  Only Vista professional, comprehensive and company have the opportunity to make complete backups of PC.

  All editions of Vista can do backups of files. "

  '

  Here's how to back up and restore your files:

  "How to back up your data.

  http://www.wintuts.com/how-to-backup-your-data

  http://www.home-PC-help.com/windowsvistabackup.html

  "How to restore your files.

  http://www.wintuts.com/how-to-restore-files

  _____________________________________

  There are a number of 3rd party programs available for a full backup of the computer; others, you must pay for, some are free.

  This program must be purchased:

  "Acronis True Image".

  http://www.Acronis.com/homecomputing/products/TrueImage/index_gwo.html?utm_expid=4274314-6

  These are free programs for the protection of the computer:

  "EaseUS Todo Backup free"

  http://www.TODO-backup.com/products/home/free-backup-software.htm

  "Download Backup & Recovery 2012 free FREE!

  http://www.Paragon-Software.com/home/BR-free/download.html

  «Macrium Reflect FREE Edition»

  http://www.Macrium.com/reflectfree.aspx

  ______________________________________

  You can make your own recovery discs Dell back to factory settings from the recovery partition as soon as POSSIBLE in case of hard drive failure.

  Read this:

  http://www.Dell.com/support/troubleshooting/us/en/19/KCS/KcsArticles/ArticleView?c=us&l=en&s=DHS&docid=266823

  See you soon.

• How can I migrate a time machine backup external USB drive to time capsule

  Searched the forums and can't seem to find an answer. With the help of El Capitan 10.11.6. You want to transfer backups Time Machine 4 years on an external USB drive on my new Time Capsule. Any ideas would be MUCH appreciated.

  There is no official method because it has problems.

  There's no official way.

  Here see Q18. http://pondini.org/TM/FAQ.html

  We recommend that people not me there. It has not proven reliable long-term. Start a new backup on the TC and keep the USB stick in the form of archive. After a few months or a year you won't have it.

  You have to understand the Time Machine backup otherwise locally the CF network. It is easy enough to move the backup network local but much harder the other way around.

• Boot from an external USB drive

  I have a D630 new that I use to replace my old D600.  I like the installation I've had on the D600 so I want to keep the hard drive in a USB/Firewire external enclosure and the boot of him when I need to access the drives and the code that I had, but without the drive to my D630 cloning.

  I have reset the options start, installs the USB first on the startup list, and he tried to boot from it.  Blue screen of death... that have not seen in a while.

  The external drive is Parallel ATA via a USB port and the new D630 is SATA.  I think that it shouldn't make a difference unless the BIOS it expects.

  Does anyone have thoughts on what I should look at?

  
  

• Can I have macbook start up from my external hard drive instead of the internal HD of the laptop?

  I use a macbook air 2014 model and would like to know if I can boot the mac from an external hard drive rather than the inside. The reason to do this is to save space on the laptop and updates can be installed directly on the external hard drive.

  Is this possible? Forgive me, because I'm not that tech savvy. Thank you in advance!

  Yes. Install or clone of Mac OS X on it and then select it in the pane of the system preferences Startup disk.

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• Run Windows 10 from an external SSD drive? Yes, it works!

  That's what I did to make it work. The whole process takes about 45 minutes, but I think that it really is worth it if you want to run quick and clean Windows 10 on your iMac.

  What you need:

  • An SSD external - data is deleted
  • An iMac 27 "(end of 2013 in my case)

  Temporarily, for the installation, you will also need:

  • A computer with Windows 7, 8 or 10 to copy the correct files on the SSD drive and make it bootable
  • A computer running with OS X download BootCamp
  • A USB - data is erased

  First, in Windows, you get a file ISO for Windows 10. You can use the media to https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows10 authoring tool and choose to save it as ISO file (do not create a USB bootable media).

  1. Double-click on the. ISO file. This will mount the disk to install on a disk (in my case, the letter E).
  2. Connect the SSD drive to a free USB port
  3. Open an administrator command prompt and type:
     1. DiskPart
     2. list disk (to identify your external SSD drive number)
     3. select disk 2 (or another number to your external SSD drive, make sure you do not erase your internal drive, usually on 0).
     4. clean - be careful, if you have selected the wrong disc, erase all the data on it
     5. create part pri
     6. Quick format
     7. assign letter = O (or another letter if already used)
     8. assets
     9. output
     10. DISM/apply-image /imagefile:"E:\sources\install.esd" / index: 1 /ApplyDir:Y:------(change E to another letter for the ISO file mounted)
     11. BCDBOOT. EXE Y:\WINDOWS/s Y:/f BIOS (so that the boot in the BIOS only drive (not EFI))
     12. output
     13. Eject all disks properly or simply shut down your PC.

  Then on your Mac, open the wizard BootCamp (click on Launchpad and type "bootcamp" to find) and check ONLY "download the latest software of Apple's Windows support. Save it on your USB thumb drive. Stop your iMac. Remove the USB key and keep it in your hand.

  Turn on your iMac by pressing the option (alt) key. You will see an orange icon with Windows. Select this option and wait until you see 'Getting ready devices', wait a little longer until you hear the startup chime and press the option (alt) key to make sure that start you on the external hard drive. That's all!

  Now you have a copy of Windows from your external USB drive. You just need to install the BootCamp drivers on your USB (\Bootcamp\Setup.exe). Reset.

  Oh, you have 10 Windows running natively on your beautiful iMac.

  Enjoy!

  The answer is in the response. I don't know how to post a tip!

• How can I recover iTunes library on an external hard drive

  Stupidly I deleted my iTunes library earlier today and fight to get it back. (All purchased songs always appear but all songs imported from CDs are gone). I deleted the library and then empty the trash. I have a update on my external hard drive last night so hope I can restore my library iTunes from my external hard drive, but can't get it. Have tried, as a result of aid, online articles, but I do not get any further...

  So far, I saved my iTunes backup folder on my desktop iMac. There was a suggestion to open iTunes, while holding down the SHIFT key (keyboard of Windows) and this should allow me to create a new library or open an existing one - none of these options appeared, my result was iTunes open normally and showing all my purchased songs. The other suggestion is to open iTunes - file - Library - Library to import the backup file, but also no results.

  It seems it should be easy but... not for me to do something. Can anyone offer advice that does not suggest that I have to re - import all the music?

  Thanks in advance

  Truck

  The file that you must replace is located in the following location.

  / Users/USERNAME/music/iTunes/iTunes Media/Music

  Just replace the one on your Mac with the library you want. Don't forget, it's only music, not any what other apps, videos etc., if you want to replace it, replace the entire iTunes Media.

• Dell Latitude 10 ST2e compressed can not boot from an external USB optical drive

  Dell Latitude 10 ST2e compressed can not boot from an external optical drive USB (CD/DVD)

  The BIOS has no setting for it. It will boot from a flash drive. I would like to boot from my CD of 2013 Acronis Recovery Console.  Anyone have any success to boot from a CD/DVD USB drive?

  Yes, there is a way to do this.

  I just did this to install Windows 10 from a DVD on a tablet of 10 Latitude by following these steps:
  (Note: my version of BIOS is A08)

  1. turn off the 10 latitude power.
  2. attach a USB hub to the USB slot unique on the side of the tablet.
  3. fix a keyboard and an external USB CD drive to the USB hub.
  4. now press the button down on the side of the Tablet and simultaneously press the power button for 5 seconds (until see you the screen light up, but will be weak against black unlit).
  5. When you see the Dell logo, start typing on the F12 key (the lower right corner shows the option press the F12 key to choose single startup options)
  6. now start choosing appear with many options to choose from, including my CD/DVD drive.

  Hope it will be useful to you.

• I can run vista windows on an external hard drive?

  Hi I was wondering if I could run windows vista Home premium (64 bit) on an external hard drive...

  and how would I do it?

  I was reading around and found some info that said that I need to start from the main internal drive, but I think that my internal drive has some errors and im not sure how long it will last... Although I did have too much problems with it since my last restore full on a month and half ago.

  any suggestions or steps I must take to be able to do this?

  I don't think that this is possible. It is possible to install/boot from a HDD external bootable with some revisions minor http://www.mydigitallife.info/2009/07/15/how-to-install-windows-7-or-vista-from-bootable-portable-usb-flash-memory-key-or-hard-disk-drive/ (assuming that your BIOS supports this)-say if your CD/DVD has not, recovery or reinstallation, but it is not the same as Vista from the external HARD drive.  I think the biggest problem is the drivers who won't be loaded until the Windows startup and Windows could not start without the USB already loaded if it was located on an external USB drive (and the other drivers as well) and there may be some problems with the boot files.  There may be other issues - I think XP and Vista are INTENTIONALLLY DESIGNED to work this way (for reasons of piracy among others)...

  I read a post from Carey Frisch MVP, who says flatly that it cannot be done.  Here is an article on the topic which also categorically states that it cannot be done with XP or Vista http://computer-drives-storage.suite101.com/article.cfm/can_you_boot_from_external_hard_disk_drive.

  I read a few articles that say it's possible with XP using the appropriate BIOS and a whole bunch of changes in the registry (changes that have not been identified), but I frantly in doubt.  Too many other articles argue against it.  In addition, it would be MUCH slower (no matter how fast the hard disk) due to the method of connection - you do not use this way on a daily basis.

  Many of the dismantled external when hard drives are compaatible with and will fit inside the computer case and work as internal drives - maybe you can try that as an alternative (assuming that you do not want to buy another drive HARD internal for now).

  To test your hard drive, check the manufacturer and then get the diagnostic utility of: http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/hard-drive-support/302602-hard-drive-diagnostic-utilities.html.  If she failed the test, replace it.  If she passes the test, then it's probably nothing wrong with it.  You can also run chkdsk /f /r from the elevated command prompt and see what happens - happens to you lots of bad sectors and a lot of corruption, then it is time to replace the drive before it will totally fail...

  I hope this helps (although it is probably not the answer you were hoping for).

  Good luck!

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• I can't delete some folders on my destop (copied from an external hard drive before) error: it is no longer on C/user/peter/destop.

  I can't delete some folders on my destop (copied from an external hard drive before).

  is what I do to delete the folder: right-click on the folder, confirm with Yes. then the message: this item is not found. It is no longer on C/user/peter/destop.
  Try again and again and again...

  Hi 1234mueller,

  Method 1: Run the fixit available in the links below and check if that makes a difference-Worth to try
  Diagnose and repair Windows files and folders problems automatically
  Difficulty of broken desktop shortcuts and common system maintenance tasks

  
  Note: Fixit would attempt to recover bad sectors on the hard disk, in the course of this process there are chances of DATA loss from that particular area.

  Method 2: You can follow the steps mentioned in the link below

  Why-cant-I-delete-a-file-or-folder

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• Boot from an external HARD drive via USB

  I have an 8200 Elite SFF and wants to start an alternative system (not Linux, but * NIX - like BONE) of a disk external DRIVE, connected via a USB port. My main operating system is WIN 7 64 bit, but for some special tasks I´d like to use the alternative OS. It worked without any problem on my two previous stand-alone - elected USB as a boot device in the BIOS boot menu and it starts fine.  However, on my Compaq 8200 there no USB option in the start menu. However, when I connect the external HARD drive to a USB port, the name of the HARD disk appears in the start menu, but again, it won't start him.  Have heard that there is a tweak to fix this, or maybe I m wrong. Alternatively, my stand-alone motherboard just can´t boot from an external hard drive via USB? Any ideas?

  Yes,

  Unplug everything plugged to the computer except the keyboard, mouse and monitor.

  Then use this method to Flash the BIOS.  It's the best way to go.

  USB Device Flash BIOS DOS

  BACK Flash (DOSFlash.exe, FlshUefi.cpu) is the Flash BIOS DOS compatible system utility that can be used from a bootable BACK storage device (where the 'BACK' refers to a number of operating systems such as FreeDOS, DR - DOS or MS-DOS). FlshUefi.cpu is the driver required for DOSFlash.exe. To Flash the BIOS of the system to a bootable USB storage device, you'll need to copy the contents of the BACK Flash file on the USB device, start the PC from the USB device and run the DOSFlash application. To see a more complete description of the BACK flash utility, view DOSFlash.txt located in the folder BACK Flash. This folder also contains the required binary BIOS image.  The binary image file is named xxx_MMmm.bin , where "xxx" is the family of BIOS, 'MM' is the major version number and "mm" is the minor version number.  This file can be copied to the root directory of any removable media USB for use with F10 setup option «Flash system ROM»

  The display of the folder BACK Flash content

  The links on this post do not work. I copied the section from the BIOS flashing instructions for the specific section you need.

  Paul

• Satellite A40: How to boot from an external USB device?

  Dear all,

  I wonder if it is possible to start A40 - 261 (BIOS v1.50) from the external USB device such as a flash or external HARD disk drive?

  Thank you in advance,

  Oleg

  No Oleg, it is not possible to
  You can only initialize the USB FDD, HDD, CD/DVD and LAN

• Portege R100 - boot from the external HARD drive

  I have a Portege R100 and the HARD drive has failed. I installed a new HARD drive and I have the Toshiba recovery disks. I tried to boot from a generic USB CD-ROM but the laptop did not recognize.

  I have a disk of Toshiba USB drive it does not recognize and I have a restore disc but I don't know how from there. Do I have to buy a CD external Toshiba and if so, which?
  Any useful suggestions?

  Hello

  Boot from the external USB CD/DVD drive is not possible.
  You will also be able to boot from USB HDD!

  If you want to boot from the CD, you must use a compatible PCMCIA cards (16-bit and 32-bit Cardbus) CD/DVD drive.

  For more information, see this article from Toshiba:
  http://support.toshiba-tro.de/KB0/TSB5100S70004R01.htm

  and this other thread:
  http://forums.computers.Toshiba-Europe.com/forums/thread.jspa?MessageID=97343𗰿
  http://forums.computers.Toshiba-Europe.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=8991&MessageID=31246

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• How can I copy music from an external hard drive in a folder of music on my Mac

  I used to have a Zune and all my music (about 5000 songs) was on my pc.  I copied all this music on a responsible and external hard drive to my iTunes library on my Mac, but I can't play unless I connect the external hard drive for Mac.  Whenever I try, I get the! and a message that the file is not found.

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