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No. Windows does not (officially) support booting from a USB drive.

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What is the importance of secondary storage?

Secondary storage can be used to restore a backup of your files if you have to format. You can use it if you run out of room on your main hard drive. If it is external secondary storage you can also bring it with you if you need to access files at work or somewhere else. Commonly used types of secondary storage are the USB drive and Floppy Disk, as referred to in the joke 'Can you turn my floppy disk into a hard drive?' which is impossible!


How do you design a PC using RAM and USB. No mother board no processor. PC should be able to run the OS in usb and Os should be functioning fully?

Not possible. A CPU and a motherboard are needed even in a vcr.


How many devices can a usb port support?

In theory a single hub of USB can support 127 devices. In practice, this will not actually occur. Most computers do not have enough power to drive that many devices. A reasonable number would be about 20.


What is the difference between a flash drive and a flash drive with u3 smart technology capabilities?

Let's say that you have to use another computer for the day because your personal PC is broken. You immediately pat yourself on the back for remembering to put your files on your USB Drive, until you sit down to work with them... The borrowed PC has none of the software to run your files, which is just as bad as leaving your files at home. With a U3 Smart Drive, you can hold the software necessary to run the files, as well as other files like Accomplice, which manages your to-do lists, Weatherbug for telling you accurate weather all the time, etc etc... The U3 Smart Drive can also hold games, such as Sudoku, and can allow you to put a password on your U3 Drive, giving it the ultimate protection from data theft. Overall, the U3 Smart Drive is the smart way to go.


What is the path for the report file created when you run the Windows XP Readiness Analyer?

D:\I386\Winnt32 /checkupgradeonly: How to run the Readiness Analyzer. "D:" being the CD-ROM Drive letter. After you have run it, to find the report go to: c:\windows\compat.txt "c:" being the drive of the drive your Windows files are saved to.

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Is it possible for me to get my sims 2 CD onto my laptop that doesn't have a disk drive?

Yes it is possible... If the laptop has a usb drive you could copy all of the files on to a usb and then run it of of that. or If the computer has a external disk/cd drive (it probably does) then you could attach a external disk drive and play it from there.


Will an external hard drive run down my battery?

An external hard drive with an AC power adapter will not run down your laptop battery. A USB powered compact drive, however, will draw additional battery power through the USB interface. The benefit is that a bulky AC adapter is not needed, making the unit easier to transport.


What is the average cost of an external usb dvd drive?

The average cost of an external usb dvd drive depends on a number of various factors. Different drives offer different process, some only play DVDs while others can also play formatted CDs, as well as ones that can actually write Dvds those with such capability will run on the higher end. Ultimately it will cost between $25-59 for a basic external usb DVD drive.


Can i use an operating system on an external drive?

Yes and no. It depends on the operating system. Windows XP can be made to boot off of an external drive by following a guide at ngine.de. Linux and OS X can boot of external drives. Some machines can boot using eSATA hard drives depending on the controller used. The ngine.de guide is for USB hard drives, Linux can run on USB and Firewire, same with OS X. Vista nd Windows 7 cannot be run off of a USB or Firewire Drive, but can be run off of eSATA under the conditions from above


Can a computer run on an external hard drive only?

Yes, you should be able to install an operating to an external hard drive. You might have to set it to boot in the BIOS so you can install the OS. A computer needs an operating system to run, so as long as it is installed on a hard drive, it should not matter whether its internal or external. Remember, it depends on what port you are using depends on the speed, so if you have only usb, this will be a lot slower then your internal hard drive port. P ata, ide drive transfer speed- 133mb USB- 60mb Every port has a speed rating. So you don't want a slower port then your internal port.


Is a Pen or Thumb Drive the best secondary storage device?

The best secondary storage device that I have found is a Desktop External Drive. They are USB run and can easily be connected to the computer or disconnected. Pen or Thumb Drives do not have a large amount of space, like External Drives have, and Thumbs can be easily lost.


How do you run an operating system solely from a usb flash drive?

Please see the related link below for an example of running ubuntu Linux from a usb flash drive. Linux is installed on the usb drive allowing you to boot directly from it.


Can you use a usb flash drive in what if your wii to run the homebrew channel?

yes


Can YOU RUN A 2.0 USB dongle on 1.0 USB port?

Unfortunately not, if your port is USB 1.0, you can only run a USB drive that is 1.0 and you will have a very hard job finding one of those these days. You can run a 2.0 through a 1.1 port, but it will only perform at 1.1 speed.


Does fruity loops run on mac?

No, however, you can run it with bootcamp.


Does wonderking work for mac?

You must either use crossover which runs windows programs, or run windows on bootcamp. If you run windows on bootcamp you will need for ex: a windows XP CD to download onto bootcamp.


When I plugged in a Pen drive in USB drive I always get error that this device can run faster if you connect it to...how can I solve this problem?

It's not an error. Windows tells you that you have USB 1.1 or 1.0 but your USB drive supports also USB 2.0 which is faster. You want to have USB 2.0 you can purchase a special expension card which you can put in your PC (if you have free slots) and use advantages of USB 2.0 But if you don't want to do that you can keep working with USB 1.1 (1.0)

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