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USB Diskette on Key

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mahendran Original post #1
Jul 27, 2011 at 2:07 PM
in my note book (compaq presario v 3000) one of the boot preferences is USB Diskette on Key.

can somebody explain this boot option?
Zangetsu
Zangetsu #3
Jul 27, 2011 at 5:04 PM
gameranand said:
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I think OP is asking about boot menu in BIOS & not the Disc on Key pendrive..

mahendran said:
in my note book (compaq presario v 3000) one of the boot preferences is USB Diskette on Key.

can somebody explain this boot option?
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I guess its the feature to boot from USB or may be some access grant thru USB
gameranand
gameranand #4
Jul 27, 2011 at 5:25 PM
Oops my bad.
That option is to boot from a USB stick. It basically stores boot data on that stick so system won't boot unless its plugged in. :)
M
mahendran #5
Jul 27, 2011 at 7:19 PM
with this boot option,can we boot with any usb device including a usb cd/dvd drive?
gameranand
gameranand #6
Jul 27, 2011 at 8:28 PM
No you can have just one boot disk not multiple disks. You'll configure a USB disk as a boot device and after that you can only boot with that device plugged in. Its not a new feature though. You can do the same from inside windows using some third party softwares. :)
Zangetsu
Zangetsu #7
Jul 28, 2011 at 10:54 AM
mahendran said:
with this boot option,can we boot with any usb device including a usb cd/dvd drive?
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u can't use the same option to boot from CD/DVD.& also not any usb will work
coz the source USB shud be a bootable USB.

same theory applies to CD/DVD(bootable)