Hello,

My notebook no longer works to connect the internal hard drive, because it has some defect in the connector. I took workshops for repair, but it was not worth fixing, it would have to replace the motherboard.
I tried to connect the external USB hard drive and of course did not start in Windows.
I install Linux to use a provisional to find a better solution.
Previously, the laptop works fine with Windows XP, but also may work with Windows 7.
What I do is to boot Windows and run the external hard drive or even a stick.
I researched a lot on the web and could not get a good solution and would appreciate a suggestion to resolve this situation.

Thanks

Follow what this woman did to boot her old xp harddrive in another machine.

http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?sho...c=24161&hl=

hth

Thank you very much for your reply. But that's not what I want. I want an external harddrive boot this laptop, just that, ie, load Windows and I was able to use as an internal harddrive. The external harddrive may be new.

thank

That is exactly what she achieved in doing. She cloned her old xp system to a new harddrive mounted in a usb enclosure and boots it from the usb enclosure in hew new pc.

First dumb question -- after further reading I came back here to edit -- you ARE using a machine that DOES have a working, internally connected HDD, right? You don't mean to have taken the internal HDD out of machine that can't otherwise be repaired and THEN connecting either said disk via an enclosure OR some other external disk, DO YOU? If you are using a different machine and want to connect a USB device, then continue reading....

My apologies for not replying sooner. I wasn't sure who you were (I don't get any of those "drop-down" messages so I thought *you* were an *it*, if you know what I mean ). If I can assist you, it would be my pleasure. It's the least I can do to "pay it forward" for ALL the help I have received.

The main problem I had (once I finally bought a new HDD that would work correctly) was that my "old" XP copied to an external disk wasn't being *seen* by my new PC (at least, it still was "new" when I first began this thread ) and therefore would not boot XP from that device. As I understand it, even though the old PC had USB functionality, the use of "Pata" drives vs. "Sata" drives and the difference in motherboards and the all important "missing" drivers -- even the blessed MBR and/or PBR were different from one machine to the other -- were what was standing in the way of accomplishing the goal of getting XP copied to an external HDD connected via USB on a different machine.

I may have been here long enough to have written such a very long thread (that part's MY fault as I am a TERRIBLE poster), the truth of the matter is that, regarding what I've been trying to do, I too am a "newbie". While I can't tell you *exactly* what you need to know, I'd be more than happy to help you through my tangled mess of a thread -- if that's OK with you. I'd start with Post #625. It is pretty much where I started (or re-started with a NEW disk using old instructions) to copy my XP to an external HDD (no matter if using an internal HDD in an enclosure as your external HDD or not). There may be earlier links pointed to in posts from here to present, but the instructions remain the same (I was just trying them on different disks to make work what YOU want working).


First things first though -- you should probably list your system, i.e., the brand of computer, type and size of internal and/or external HDDs, your XP version (if "Home" or "Pro", for ex., and if you have SP3 installed as this may help at some point) and any other "pieces 'n parts" you may think might help the "smarter than me" people in this forum.

In the meantime, if you have any specific questions like, "How do I set USB registry permissions?", I can do a search to (hopefully) find posts like #625 that may help you, OK? Don't worry about your English either -- we're ALL foreign in this forum in one way, shape or form!

Please keep in mind when reading ANY post in my thread that until Post #169, I didn't even understand that I could install my old disk in a new enclosure USB connected to my old machine (where the old disk had originally been internally installed) AND boot up the old PC with it -- so be forewarned. The thread is hard to get through (just like THIS post, I'm afraid ), but there IS a *wealth* of information to be had -- it's just the "sifting through it" part that's the headache. Hope this helps....

SBernheart

Hello,

I try to inform:
1) When the HD is installed internally, it does not work. Placed inside any other HD does not work. I took the notebook to three local repair and reported that the internal connection is defective.
2) When I put this HD connected to USB, Windows and soon begins to open and then shuts down.
3) I put another HD connected to USB and installed Linux. I am using this way temporarily.
4) I have other computers I can do testing.

I appreciate your information and I will study them and work. Then inform the results.

Thanks

Let's start with this:
http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=23430
http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?sho...4161&st=211
http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?sho...4161&st=672

It is probably a 0x0000007b BSOD STOP error, but you need to confirm this.

jaclaz

Hello,

For information, I used the method www.usboot.org/tiki-index.php
on another computer and got the external hard work and load Windows. There was an error loading the Windows "virtual memory" or "paging", but click OK and loaded Windows.
This was done on another computer and not the notebook that is faulty.

I removed the external hard drive of your computer and put the external hard drive in your notebook. An error occurred "out of ntldr". I copied the boot files BOOT, NTLDR and NTDETECT the old original HD Notebook for this new external hard drive, but keep on with that same error "out of ntldr".

My next step: Make a clone of the original HD Notebook (because I want to preserve it) and start the method of www.usboot.org/tiki-index.php.

Thanks

I installed Windows XP and run the external hard drive, thanks to your help.

I want to thank everyone for the help.

Like I said, I followed the tutorial http://www.usboot.org/tiki-index.php

Glad we could help.