thanks, JD. Do you know the terms I need to enter into google to find what I'm looking for? What I want is an external housing for a single hard disk drive (maybe two) in which it is possible to swap out drives w/o unscrewing things. Maybe I would be better off getting a standard EHD? On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 3:56 PM, JD Austin wrote: > Some OS's don't boot well from an external drive but Linux does just fine. > > On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 15:41, Michael Havens wrote: > >> I was just looking at my startup devices menu and the first in line is >> 'Removable devices.' Does an external hard drive not count for that? >> >> >> On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 12:25 PM, Michael Havens wrote: >> >>> hmmmm.... I just went into office max (the best thing we have for a >>> computer store in cottonwood) and the computer guy there said that you >>> can't boot off of an External hard Drive. Well, another option I have (if >>> that is true), is to copy the live CD onto the ED then to boot off of a >>> flash drive and on the FD tell it the information is on the ED. I know >>> this is possible because I had a linux friend doing something similar to >>> this. Does anyone know what I'm talking about? >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 6:41 PM, Michael Havens wrote: >>> >>>> I'm doing my research to find one of these online and I am unsure of >>>> the search terms. What exactly should I enter to find one in which I can >>>> insert and remove standard desktop hard drives? Would it be 5.25" enclosure >>>> or 3.5"? >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 6:14 PM, Michael Havens wrote: >>>> >>>>> As you all know my hard drive is no more and all of my spares are >>>>> kaput as well. I was thinking that instead of an internal hard drive I >>>>> would get an external one. Then, I could always have my computer with me:!) >>>>> I have a NetVista computer. Do any of you know if I will have a problem >>>>> booting from an external hard drive? When I initialy boot and press F-12 >>>>> it goes into boot media order and says that removable media is in the boot >>>>> order so I suppose it's all good. What do you think? >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: