My Book Essetial as REBOOTABLE USB HARD DRIVE

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I   BOUGHT FROM AMAZON A 2 TB  USB  EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE .  I  AM PLANNING TO USE IT AS A REBOOTABLE HARD DRIVE. BUT I AM HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THIS. THE FIRST TIME I INSTALLED THE DEVICE IT ACKNOLEDGED IT AS A HARD DRIVE, BUT I HAVEN’T SAVE THE ORIGINAL FILES THAT CAME WITH THE DEVICE. SO I SAVED THEM IN A CD AND WENT BACK TO THE BIOS SECTION SO I CAN CHANGE THE DRIVE WITH WHICH I WAS GOING TO WORK AS  MY HARD DRIVE FOR MY NEW  OS ( WINDOWS 7 ) BUT I REALIZED THAT THERE WAS ONLY 1 HARD DRIVE  , THE ORIGINAL HD FROM THE NOTEBOOK. I AM PLANNING TO KEEP W. VISTA FOR SOME PROGRAMS I WORK WITH. CAN ANY ONE  KNOWS HOW TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM.

THANKS A LOT,

julio 4818

 

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My Book Essentials is equipped with onboard data encryption and not suitable for your application. (Sorry to burst your bubble) It might work as a bootable drive but you cannot expect same performance as a SATA bare drive.  

Secondly, your PC’s motherboard must be capable of booting from external USB devices. (Check BIOS settings) Some laptops can’t. E.g… My Vaio S series cannot see my USB drive(s) as a bootable device. Your best bet is to buy a bare drive (US$50-60) with reasonable capacity and install Win7 on it.  

PS. I hate Capitols… looks like shouting…  :stuck_out_tongue: