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Run T430s from an external USB drive?

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Run T430s from an external USB drive?

#1 Post by dangillmor » Fri Mar 08, 2013 4:13 pm

I took the factory-installed HD out of the machine, put in an SSD and am running Linux from it.

I got a USB-SATA cable and am trying to boot the Windows disk from that, using the with no luck at all. I've tried setting the boot order in the BIOS, etc.

Any ideas?
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Re: Run T430s from an external USB drive?

#2 Post by Cigarguy » Fri Mar 08, 2013 5:29 pm

http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.ph ... 18#p704918
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Re: Run T430s from an external USB drive?

#3 Post by twistero » Wed Mar 13, 2013 11:27 am

A normal Windows installation will NOT boot from USB.
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