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How to set an external hard drive to not be bootable?
When I connect my external hard drive to my PC, it tries to boot from it but is unable to do so because there is no OS installed. And rightly so, I only want to use it for dumb storage.
How can I set ...
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How to identify USB-sticks that will appear as non-removable before buying?
For a home lab project, I'm going to install Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2012 on a USB-stick.
The process is described in this guide (for Hyper-V Server 2008 R2, but also works for 2012):
Deploying ...
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Windows 7 on laptop hard drive does not boot after installing Windows to Go on external hard drive
Just successfully installed and ran Windows 8's Windows to Go on a USB external hard drive. However, after shutting down and removing the USB hard disk, whey I to start my laptop (with only Windows 7 ...
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Is there a similar UNetbootin utility for a Toshiba External HDD?
Is there a similar UNetbootin utility for a Toshiba External HDD? Or can I use a Utility using the UNetbootin app. Thanks.
I misundertood the UNetbootin utility, I thought it was specific to ...
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How to make bootable USB with Linux Kernel alone?
I would like to boot the Linux kernel alone and run busybox, not including a GUI.
How can I do that? How can I make a custom bzImage, initrd.img and how can I change the file structures in that ...
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Panasonic CF-27 How to boot from USB using CD or Floppy
I have old Panasonic CF-27 laptop. I don't have a case for the HDD, so I can't put any HDD in there. The notebook has 1 USB port, but I can't boot from USB.
I created a USB bootable pendrive with ...
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liveusb multiboot ubuntu (x86 & x86_64) and freebsd 7
Is it possible to create a bootable usb (liveusb) with multiboot.
I want to have a ubuntu 32-bit and freebsd 7 as live bootable. If it possible I want third os: ubuntu 64-bit Live.
How much space ...
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Not able to boot from USB
I have a Kingston pendrive that i have formatted 20 times.
Whenever I try to make a bootable USB for installing Linux, I am not able to boot from it. I tried the same thing with another pendrive and ...
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Installing Windows XP to and running from an USB drive
Before you tell me to google around, trust me I did and nothing worked for me. I must be missing something.
I have a small PC with limited storage options. I have a small internal hard drive and 8GB ...
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OpenSuse won't boot without my pendrive plugged in
I was building LFS on a pendrive this morning when it crashed in the middle of making gcc. I rebooted without my pendrive and I never got into the desktop. Instead, I get a visually pleasing terminal ...
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Cannot boot from USB Stick
I currently have Ubuntu installed on a USB stick, but when I try to boot from it, none of the boot options that start with USB work. There is a USB-HDD and USB-Zip, but both of them just skip and boot ...
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failed to boot from usb-stick (ubuntu 10.04)
I have an Asus 1201n and it has a dual core Intel CPU which has 64-bit compatibility according to Intel's webpage. When I tried to boot from my Sandisk Contour USB-stick with the image from this link: ...
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How can I run Ghost from a bootable USB key drive?
I have a laptop that does not have a cd-rom or floppy drive. It is able to boot from USB though.
I have a disk image (ghost) of the disk that I need to restore back onto the laptop. I can't find a ...
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Make USB Drive Non-Bootable
Some time ago I used a 4GB USB drive to install Linux on, but I have a new USB drive and decided to use the old one for Windows Vista Readyboost. I used UNetbootin to install Linux and it made the USB ...
