hold down "C"

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juniorclarkez

macrumors newbie

Original poster

• Jun 12, 2003

• #1

holding down c with the os disk in the drive boots the disk up
but if the defult drive is knakered, how do i boot up the disk using the xternal drive?

 

jelloshotsrule

macrumors G3

• Jun 12, 2003

• #2

hold down option and it should let you select your startup disk.

 

5300cs

macrumors 68000

• Jun 13, 2003

• #3

I tried that with my external usb CD/R drive and it didn't work 🙁

 

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Mblazened

macrumors regular

• Jun 13, 2003

• #4

usb 1.0?

usb 1 is not fast enough to start up from

 

ibookin'

macrumors 65816

• Jun 14, 2003

• #5

Re: usb 1.0?

Originally posted by Mblazened
usb 1 is not fast enough to start up from

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I booted off my USb Zip Drive once... 🙄

It's possible to boot from USB 1.1, but your computer will not be at it's best, suffice it to say.

 

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Wardofsky

macrumors 65816

• Jun 14, 2003

• #6

Re: Re: usb 1.0?

Originally posted by ibookin'
I booted off my USb Zip Drive once... 🙄

It's possible to boot from USB 1.1, but your computer will not be at it's best, suffice it to say.

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Running of a ZIP disk is like editing a movie on a USB drive.

 

ibookin'

macrumors 65816

• Jun 14, 2003

• #7

Re: Re: Re: usb 1.0?

Originally posted by Wardofsky
Running of a ZIP disk is like editing a movie on a USB drive.

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It was in OS 9, so it didn't hurt too bad. Not that I could actually run many apps...

 

FredAkbar

macrumors 6502a

• Jun 14, 2003

• #8

Re: Re: usb 1.0?

Originally posted by ibookin'
I booted off my USb Zip Drive once... 🙄

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How did you do that? I think I tried that that once, but when I held down option at startup, it didn't find the disk, since the computer can't automatically recognize Zip drives without first loading drivers from the boot disk...right?

--Fred

 

ibookin'

macrumors 65816

• Jun 14, 2003

• #9

Re: Re: Re: usb 1.0?

Originally posted by FredAkbar
How did you do that? I think I tried that that once, but when I held down option at startup, it didn't find the disk, since the computer can't automatically recognize Zip drives without first loading drivers from the boot disk...right?

--Fred

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I booted off a CD and selected the ZIP disk in the Startup Disk control panel.

 

MacBandit

macrumors 604

• Jun 14, 2003

• #10

To force your computer to boot off a system/drive other then your main one hold the 'apple-option-shift-delete' keys all simultaneously at initial startup.