usb memory sticks

andreast6 · Post by **andreast6** » Wed Jul 16, 2003 9:57 am

Is it possible to boot the pc from usb memory sticks?
i m curious if we can use a memory stick instread of a HDD
there are memory sticks http://www.memorysuppliers.com/bu4gb40usb20.html
over 4GB(too expensive) but their price will drop soon
if we use memory sticks then we will have 0db noise??

Herb W. · Post by **Herb W.** » Wed Jul 16, 2003 10:54 am

Having recently got one of these babies, I can confirm that they run quiet

. More seriously, though, not all motherboards support booting off a USB port - you would need to check the BIOS section of the manual. And not all flash drives are configurable as bootable devices - in fact very few are; check the specs carefully, if it doesn't say it is, it probably isn't.......

POLIST8 · Post by **POLIST8** » Wed Jul 16, 2003 11:11 am

Which model do you have?

pingu666 · Post by **pingu666** » Wed Jul 16, 2003 1:56 pm

wont u have same probs as cf cards? or do they work differently?

Gandalf · Post by **Gandalf** » Wed Jul 16, 2003 2:08 pm

The only problem with them is that you can't write to them very often ..

andreast6 · Post by **andreast6** » Wed Jul 16, 2003 2:40 pm

Gandalf why cant write to them very often??

pingu666 · Post by **pingu666** » Fri Jul 18, 2003 12:52 pm

same problem as cf card i presume, u can only have so may write states or sumin