ghosting to usb hd and booting from it

Does Ghost or another program allow me to copy the files from my HD to
my USB drive and if needed boot from the usb drive?

Thanks,
Pete

Peter <petercritic@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Does Ghost or another program allow me to copy the files from
> my HD to my USB drive and if needed boot from the usb drive?

Booting from the clone on a usb drive requires more than just a
copy of the original internal drive, and so the imager cant do it alone.

The system needs to be able to boot from the usb drive too, not all can.

"Rod Speed" wrote:
> Peter wrote:
>
>> Does Ghost or another program allow me to copy the files from
>> my HD to my USB drive and if needed boot from the usb drive?
>
> Booting from the clone on a usb drive requires more than just a
> copy of the original internal drive, and so the imager cant do it alone.
>
> The system needs to be able to boot from the usb drive too, not
> all can.


Can you name one PC (make and model) that can boot from
a USB hard drive (as opposed to a USB floppy drive or a USB
flash drive)?

*TimDaniels*

Timothy Daniels <SpamBucket@NoSpamPlease.biz> wrote
> Rod Speed wrote
>> Peter wrote

>>> Does Ghost or another program allow me to copy the files from
>>> my HD to my USB drive and if needed boot from the usb drive?

>> Booting from the clone on a usb drive requires more than just a copy of the original internal drive, and so the
>> imager cant do it alone.

>> The system needs to be able to boot from the usb drive too, not all can.

> Can you name one PC (make and model) that can boot from a USB hard drive (as opposed to a USB floppy drive or a USB
> flash drive)?

Yes, but it also depends on what OS you want to boot.

Previously Peter <petercritic@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Does Ghost or another program allow me to copy the files from my HD to
> my USB drive and if needed boot from the usb drive?

Gost has not influence on whether your USB device will be bootable.
That depends on your BIOS.

Arno

"Timothy Daniels" <SpamBucket@NoSpamPlease.biz> wrote in message
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>> The system needs to be able to boot from the usb drive too, not
>> all can.
>
>
> Can you name one PC (make and model) that can boot from
> a USB hard drive (as opposed to a USB floppy drive or a USB
> flash drive)?
>
No difference between the two, other than the Int13 unit (00/80).
Windows cannot boot from USB though. Bart's PE has a USB hack.

"Rod Speed" wrote:
> Timothy Daniels wrote:
>> Rod Speed wrote
>>> The system needs to be able to boot from the usb drive too,
>>> not all can.
>
>> Can you name one PC (make and model) that can boot from
>> a USB hard drive (as opposed to a USB floppy drive or a USB flash drive)?
>
> Yes, but it also depends on what OS you want to boot.


Let us suppose Windows XP or Windows Vista.

*TimDaniels*

Timothy Daniels <SpamBucket@NoSpamPlease.biz> wrote
> Rod Speed wrote
>> Timothy Daniels wrote
>>> Rod Speed wrote

>>>> The system needs to be able to boot from the usb drive too, not all can.

>>> Can you name one PC (make and model) that can boot from a USB hard drive (as opposed to a USB floppy drive or a USB
>>> flash drive)?

>> Yes, but it also depends on what OS you want to boot.

> Let us suppose Windows XP or Windows Vista.

Then you have a problem, and thats nothing to do with the PC, everything to do with what XP or
Vista can do easily, once you have a PC that can boot a USB with another OS like say PE on it.