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http://www.ngine.de/index.jsp?pageid=4176
For those of us that are moving towards a time where
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05-03-2006, 02:59 PM #1
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Boot XP from USB Drive?
Anyone done this?
http://www.ngine.de/index.jsp?pageid=4176
For those of us that are moving towards a time where XP is only used for games, this could be huge!
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05-03-2006, 03:11 PM #2
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Re: Boot XP from USB Drive?
ive heard about that and actually wanted to try it just for that fact. i wish they would just make a ISO we can download and install, oops nm that might be illegal. Since you got a ton of free time mateo you do it and report back.
lolthat sounds like a good idea trooper.
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05-03-2006, 03:12 PM #3
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Re: Boot XP from USB Drive?
I need another USB drive. The one that I have has all my MP3s and Game files.
Originally Posted by Trooper[SNPR]
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05-03-2006, 03:15 PM #4
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Re: Boot XP from USB Drive?
i dint see where it ever says how big it would need to be to install. Im guessing you would need a 5-8 gig drive to work. Then i could just install all my apps right on to that, which would just be games...lol
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but i think that would workthat sounds like a good idea trooper.
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05-04-2006, 01:57 AM #5
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Re: Boot XP from USB Drive?
I'm not sure about XP, but I have gotten a very cut down copy of redhat to boot off of a USB pen. Mind you I had 32meg to work with..
but concidering today's pens get upto 2gig. you shoudl easily be able to do it
write a command to create a ram drive, and tell the computer to use a disposable file on a different drive for the page file, ntloader and a few of the other important one's adn you'll be fine.
but, why are we doing this again?Ambriento for comm! Vote today!Yes, in some games I think NS is nothing but a well-managed set of minor miracles. - Wyzcrak
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05-04-2006, 01:58 AM #6
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Re: Boot XP from USB Drive?
cause we can
that sounds like a good idea trooper.
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05-04-2006, 11:07 AM #7
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Re: Boot XP from USB Drive?
Because it's cool. Originally Posted by Trooper[SNPR]
And by cool I mean cool in a nerdy kind of way. Like elves are cool.|TG-Irr|TychoCelchuuu
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05-04-2006, 11:12 AM #8
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And Star Wars. Originally Posted by TychoCelchuuu
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05-04-2006, 09:57 PM #9
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Re: Boot XP from USB Drive?
and 200 fps.
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