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Booting Windows XP Pro from a Microdrive

post #1 of 5
1/18/04 at 12:54pm
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I'm wondering if anyone has any experience booting Windows XP Pro from a Microdrive using the 6-in-1 card reader. I'm particularly interested in experiences with the 8890 although I'm guessing this is a generic capability. If so, what is the smallest size of Microdrive that can be used to boot Windows XP Pro? I'm interested in smaller because it is cheaper. I would have an actual hard drive with my Windows applications and data on them. Also, is there any experience with booting Windows from a Microdrive and running applications that are located on an actual hard drive? If so, does booting from the Microdrive affect the runtime performance of applications that are located on an actual regular hard drive?

I'm interested in this because I am getting an 8890 that will have Raid 0 set up on the hard drive for the Primary Hard Drive and the Secondary Modular Bay Hard Drive. I am primarily a Linux user and will have Linux boot off of the Raid 0 array. I want all of my Raid 0 array dedicated to Linux. Since I can't boot off of a hard drive in the TV Tuner Bay, I'm looking at using a Microdrive to boot Windows XP and have my Windows applications and data on a 3rd hard drive in the TV Tuner Bay.

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post #2 of 5
1/19/04 at 2:53am
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Originally Posted by GentleStream
I'm wondering if anyone has any experience booting Windows XP Pro from a Microdrive using the 6-in-1 card reader. I'm particularly interested in experiences with the 8890 although I'm guessing this is a generic capability. If so, what is the smallest size of Microdrive that can be used to boot Windows XP Pro? I'm interested in smaller because it is cheaper. I would have an actual hard drive with my Windows applications and data on them. Also, is there any experience with booting Windows from a Microdrive and running applications that are located on an actual hard drive? If so, does booting from the Microdrive affect the runtime performance of applications that are located on an actual regular hard drive?

I'm interested in this because I am getting an 8890 that will have Raid 0 set up on the hard drive for the Primary Hard Drive and the Secondary Modular Bay Hard Drive. I am primarily a Linux user and will have Linux boot off of the Raid 0 array. I want all of my Raid 0 array dedicated to Linux. Since I can't boot off of a hard drive in the TV Tuner Bay, I'm looking at using a Microdrive to boot Windows XP and have my Windows applications and data on a 3rd hard drive in the TV Tuner Bay.

Dave
You can only boot from an internal Hard Drive, internal floppy or internal CD/DVD. You can not boot from the Card Reader (It's really an internal USB 1.1 Interface if you use the Module Slot but an USB 2.0 if you use it as an External Card Reader with the supplied cable). Also you can't access the Microdrive/Compact Flash slot when it's in the Module Slot. Someday you will be able to boot from USB or Firewire. Well I'm not sure about booting from a Network Drive but that might be possible.
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post #3 of 5
1/19/04 at 1:02pm
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You can only boot from an internal Hard Drive, internal floppy or internal CD/DVD. You can not boot from the Card Reader (It's really an internal USB 1.1 Interface if you use the Module Slot but an USB 2.0 if you use it as an External Card Reader with the supplied cable). Also you can't access the Microdrive/Compact Flash slot when it's in the Module Slot. Someday you will be able to boot from USB or Firewire. Well I'm not sure about booting from a Network Drive but that might be possible.
Hmmmmmm. On a previous thread, someone was telling me that there are people who have booted from a microdrive in the 6-in-1 card slot. They said something about people forgetting to take out their MP3 and thus not being able to boot ... Anyway, you have got me wondering because it think there have been something like 86 views of this thread and so far no one has stepped up to the plate and said "Yes this will work because I am doing it." Anyway, I wish there was a way to know definitively if this is possible. Are you sure about your answer? Have you actually tried this without success or know of people who have tried without success?

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post #4 of 5
1/19/04 at 1:55pm
I don't know if it helps, but there are at least examples of people booting minimal Linux installations from USB cards. I never got it to work with my desktop, but I think my motherboard just doesn't understand booting from USB.

As far as XP goes, I don't know. If you can configure the BIOS to boot from that device, there must be a way. Always a way.

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post #5 of 5
1/19/04 at 3:59pm
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Originally Posted by GentleStream
Hmmmmmm. On a previous thread, someone was telling me that there are people who have booted from a microdrive in the 6-in-1 card slot. They said something about people forgetting to take out their MP3 and thus not being able to boot ... Anyway, you have got me wondering because it think there have been something like 86 views of this thread and so far no one has stepped up to the plate and said "Yes this will work because I am doing it." Anyway, I wish there was a way to know definitively if this is possible. Are you sure about your answer? Have you actually tried this without success or know of people who have tried without success?

Dave
Yes I've tested it on Muliple Desktops and a few Laptops but only with Win2k and WinXP. The main problem is the BIOS. It has 3 options Boot fron CD, Floopy or HD. Maybe there is a Linux that will allow this but I'm betting it still reads something from the Hard Drive first. Are you sure you can't use a boot manager to use WinXP on the 3rd Hard Drive. I'm not familar if you can do that on a RAID drive.
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