I've an hard drive that correctly boot inside the laptop but not in an external usb enclosure
I've set the boot sequence.
it correctly do the boot till the windows 7 logo . after that laptop reboot.
why ?
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Boot not posible with usb enclosure
Re: Boot not posible with usb enclosure
Windows does not like running from USB devices. It requires special configuration with Win8/10, and is impossible without hacks on Win7 and earlier.
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Re: Boot not posible with usb enclosure
I've made the boot from usb drive with another one .
I dont think it is impossible
I dont think it is impossible
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Re: Boot not posible with usb enclosure
I have booted from a USB drive with W7 in X220, W520 and T420's with no issues. However, the boot drive was created while installed in the laptop, then moved to an external enclosure. Cannot determine what the issue is with your laptop. What laptop is this?
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Past: IBM5150-8088 500 600E 600X T20 T21 5xT23 X30 3xX31 X32 T40 T42 3xT43 T43p SL510 T60p X60T X60s T61 2xT400 T410si T400s T500-3.06GHz X200 X201 X220i5 3xX220i7 2xT420s 2xW520
Re: Boot not posible with usb enclosure
the laptop is SL500 . I dont understand what has changed , I made the boot from usb many times with this laptop-
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