Thanks Colin...I always learn so much from you...I believe that I need to get
out the book and learn something new today...hardware! It's amazing what you
can learn from a book or on the internet!
--
always learning


"Colin Barnhorst" wrote:

> PCI slots do not define the PCI bus. You have a PCI bus, trust me.
>
> "Iplant" <Iplant@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:A545A40C-C7AB-4D82-AFCD-43D89908DC6C@microsoft.com...
> > Thanks Colin...I'll save that for future reference...no PCI slots...only
> > AGP.
> > I do have two hard drives in this PC one 80 and one 250. I'll just
> > continue
> > to use the external drive for web building, backups and music.
> >
> > Now another question...I have XP and Vista on the 250 partitioned drive (C
> > and E) The smaller drive is just for backup(D). When I get the full
> > version
> > of Vista should I install it on D and kill the 5744 version from E or just
> > re-install XP on D and format C/E so that it will become all Vita? In
> > other
> > words...who goes first onto the larger drive?
> >
> > ---always learning
> >
> >
> > "Colin Barnhorst" wrote:
> >
> >> An external hard drive needs to connect to the PCI bus, not the USB bus,
> >> in
> >> order to boot a Windows OS. I use external SATA drives connected to SATA
> >> ports on the back of my test computer. I booted Vista all through the
> >> beta
> >> this way because the arrangement is equivalent to having additional SATA
> >> connectors on the mobo. I beleive that the same arrangement works with
> >> scsi
> >> drives as well. USB drive enclosures cannot be used in the same way.
> >>
> >> "Iplant" <Iplant@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:244A395C-64DC-41CB-8B5F-7B53671504A9@microsoft.com...
> >> > sorry...I recently purchased a W/D Book (250) external hard
> >> > drive...seems
> >> > to
> >> > work great on XP but Vista is now very slow to boot up. The screen is
> >> > black
> >> > for a good 20 seconds before loading. Does anyone know why? Anything
> >> > I
> >> > could adjust?
> >> >
> >> > Also; I am curious, could I install Vista to this external hard drive
> >> > using
> >> > the full version and leave XP installed?
> >> > --
> >> > always learning
> >>
> >>
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