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Booting Windows from an external drive

Discussion in 'Mobile Computing' started by b44g6, Oct 30, 2010.

  1. b44g6 Newcomer, in training

    Hi, I have a Hp DV4 laptop, its ok but it heats up quickly and pretty high, I tried cleaning its interior and I found out the HDD heats up the most, or atleast stores the heat for long durations.

    My solution was to remove the drive and connect it externally through a USB or a firewire. In my PC bios I have a feature (I never tried) to boot from the USB drive, but my laptop doesnt, isnt there a way to make this work?

    Thanks...
    b44g6, Oct 30, 2010
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  2. jamesodriscoll Newcomer, in training

    Hi B44g6,

    If your BIOS has no Boot from USB then the odds are the laptop doesn't support it. All boards are different and you can try booting from it but i dont think it will work,

    If you find your laptop is overheating i recomment purchasing a laptop cooling pad they are not that expensive and have fans in them to keep your laptop cool.


    hope this helps
    James
    jamesodriscoll, Oct 30, 2010
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