tarna Posted October 10, 2007 Share Posted October 10, 2007 (edited) Trying to set up a USB flash drive ( 16Gb Corsair ) to serve as a redundant C drive should C ever fail. I disconnect all my drives and plug in the flash and start. System posts and then boots from my Windows CD. It load it's drivers ( including USB ) and then locates the flash drive, identifies the partition but then says that it cannot access the drive. I've repartioned and formatted the drive but Windows refuses to load onto it. I'm now copying it from C drive directly to the flash but have a feeling that it's not gonna work. Suggestions? PS - I tried to load Windows on several different USB ports in case the motherboard's drivers were not in place yet. The front ones worked even before I loaded the baord's nVidia drivers. If we can't come up with something workable I'll probably try to locate a SATA to USB adapter and attempt to access the board that way. I don't want to use a compact flash for this because it will take up an IDE slot. Edited October 10, 2007 by tarna Ruminations... When a man has no Future, the Present passes too quickly to be assimilated and only the static Past has value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaftan Barlast Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 You must have an IDE or SATA adapter to run your OS from a flashdrive. Alot of peopl are trying it nowadays, you decrease search times but data transfer is much slower so Im not sure its a good idea DISCLAIMER: Do not take what I write seriously unless it is clearly and in no uncertain terms, declared by me to be meant in a serious and non-humoristic manner. If there is no clear indication, asume the post is written in jest. This notification is meant very seriously and its purpouse is to avoid misunderstandings and the consequences thereof. Furthermore; I can not be held accountable for anything I write on these forums since the idea of taking serious responsability for my unserious actions, is an oxymoron in itself. Important: as the following sentence contains many naughty words I warn you not to read it under any circumstances; botty, knickers, wee, erogenous zone, psychiatrist, clitoris, stockings, bosom, poetry reading, dentist, fellatio and the department of agriculture. "I suppose outright stupidity and complete lack of taste could also be considered points of view. " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metadigital Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 Don't you have to configure the boot device order in BIOS? Also, if Windows isn't happy with your plan, you can always use a Linux distro (depending on the way the harddrive is initialized will depend if you can access the Windows partition from the Linux platform, though it isn't difficult to do, from memory). OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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