May 4, 200422 yr Has anyone out there managed to get WinPe booting off a USB key? I havent managed to get this working.If anyone has can they please provide some instructions on how to do it please? Ultimately, I want to boot WinPe from the usb key, connect to a network share and install windows xp or windows 2000.
May 5, 200422 yr If I remember well, it depends on the motherboard you use : you can do this only on recent hardware. Booting off (eh, I would have said "from", I'm improving my english skills ) a USB key isn't implemented on motherboards older than 18 months or something like that...Anyone to confirm?
May 5, 200422 yr Author I understand that part, its actually getting winPE on to the USB key and configuring it to boot that is the problem!! :-)
May 5, 200422 yr I understand that part, its actually getting winPE on to the USB key and configuring it to boot that is the problem!! :-)http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=14316&st=0Try this post, see if it works.
May 7, 200422 yr It seems it's not just WinPE that won't boot from a USB device - no version of Windows will.http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/.../15/113811.aspxFrom the MS White paper "Recommendations for Booting Windows from USB Storage Devices" at http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/storage/usb-boot.mspx"Current versions of Windows should not be installed to USB hard disk drives because Windows does not support USB hard disk drives as the primary boot device. "So it looks like a lost cause. Alors.-syrynxx
May 10, 200422 yr Author I know it isn't supported like you say by MS, but I have seen it done.Just can't seem to get it working myself... :-(
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