Boot with a Microdrive

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Boot with a Microdrive

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I have a 4 gb Microdrive that came out of a Gateway Mp3 player. Is there anyway to use it to boot through the UBS
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You might be able to format it and make it bootable

http://ucsu.colorado.edu/~shaher/Bootable_USB.html
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Cool thanks for the tips. I'll try them out and let you know how it goes
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I found this out in a strange way. I left my jump drive in the USB port, restarted the computer and it asked if I should boot from the jump drive. Some MOBO's support this function. Mainly check the BIOS and the manufacture of the MOBO.
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Post by odie2190 »

ahh u stoles my idea.. i been trying to get my hands on a broken nano and try that.. but every 1 who has 1 wont give it to me or they are using the back for a mirror....
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