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lightstorm_2
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I use a Laptop & for extra storgage I'm thinking about buying the Western Digital 40Gb USB 2.0 Passport Portable External Hard Drive (Powered through USB).If my main Hard Disk fails for some reason can I use this external Hard Disk to run the OS,Win 'XP??
Thanks in Advance
Thanks in Advance
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You can but you would have to set the BIOS to boot from USB.
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/storage/usb-boot.mspx0
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