USB Diskette on Key

[mahendran]

in my note book (compaq presario v 3000) one of the boot preferences is USB Diskette on Key.

can somebody explain this boot option?

[gameranand]

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[Zangetsu]

Originally Posted by gameranand

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I think OP is asking about boot menu in BIOS & not the Disc on Key pendrive..

Originally Posted by mahendran

in my note book (compaq presario v 3000) one of the boot preferences is USB Diskette on Key.

can somebody explain this boot option?

I guess its the feature to boot from USB or may be some access grant thru USB

[gameranand]

Oops my bad.
That option is to boot from a USB stick. It basically stores boot data on that stick so system won't boot unless its plugged in.

[mahendran]

with this boot option,can we boot with any usb device including a usb cd/dvd drive?

[gameranand]

No you can have just one boot disk not multiple disks. You'll configure a USB disk as a boot device and after that you can only boot with that device plugged in. Its not a new feature though. You can do the same from inside windows using some third party softwares.

[Zangetsu]

Originally Posted by mahendran

with this boot option,can we boot with any usb device including a usb cd/dvd drive?

u can't use the same option to boot from CD/DVD.& also not any usb will work
coz the source USB shud be a bootable USB.

same theory applies to CD/DVD(bootable)