booting a hard drive through a usb port

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  1. bmcc4321

    bmcc4321 Member

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    I was given a hard drive in school (western digital). I loaded server 2003 on it and im trying to get it to boot from home, using a usb port, and i am having trouble. can someone please help. Home computers operating system is vista
     
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    You hardware has to support booting from a USB device.

    Have you tried selecting it from the BIOS?
     
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    yes i tried selecting it from the bios it just starts to boot and goes in a loop to the welcome screen
     
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    "I loaded server 2003 . . ."

    You loaded it (copied an image of the install CD) or installed it (Installed from the CD with the USB drive as a target device)?

    If you installed it with incompatible hardware it will not work.

    What are you trying to do?
     
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    dailun, you've pegged it already.
    bmcc4321, that has to be installed thru 1 of those home pc's or you get your problem as described or the BSOD.
     
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    i tried loading it on the home pc chose the empty partition when it restarted it then chose the pc hard drive. I then had to fix it with the reinstallation cd. Next i removed the cable from the home pc hard drive booted from cd chose the empty partition still wont work grrrrr. Now what can anyone help please? thank you
     

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