Don't know if this works:
http://www.informationweek.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=177102101
Tell me if it does.
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This, indeed, is a workable solution. The catch is that the computer you indeed to boot "Portable XP" on has to support booting from a USB device, and most current systems do not.
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< ExplosivePrincess 1.5 Atomic Bomb Edition >
warning: keep explosiveprincess away from children
most computers support booting from a floppy, and I swear I saw a zip/iso/whatever that let the floppy redirect the boot (or something:?) to the USB.
I'll see if I can find it.
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R McCue
PortaBlog Home and My Website
And before anyone complains about the grammar, I'm so jetlagged that my
hands aren't even in the same time zone...
"If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate."
But floppies are inherently unreliable. One small drop and you're pretty much dead in the water. But the even bigger problem is that so many computers now don't have floppy drives. My 2-year-old eMachines W2925 is one of them. (Unfortunately, it doesn't support USB boot either, so I'm up the creek without a paddle as far as portable operating systems go)
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< ExplosivePrincess 1.5 Atomic Bomb Edition >
warning: keep explosiveprincess away from children
this version I saw included both a floppy and a CD/DVD version.
Yours must boot of CD/DVD, right? Otherwise how could you repair Windows/boot Linux/other stuff?
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R McCue
PortaBlog Home and My Website
And before anyone complains about the grammar, I'm so jetlagged that my
hands aren't even in the same time zone...
"If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate."
Yeah, mine supports CD/DVD boot. I just don't want to have to carry around a CD. They're kinda bulky to be really portable.
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< ExplosivePrincess 1.5 Atomic Bomb Edition >
warning: keep explosiveprincess away from children