can a t42 boot from an external usb drive?

[steve_zen]

I have a external drive with an OS on board (XP) that I'd like to boot from so I can run a program that's on there that I can't seem to find anywhere online
I read somewhere that Dell's can do this, does the T42 have an option like this buried in the bios somewhere?
hehe, I should really just look shouldn't I, please be there though, I really need it to be !!!
thanks for any input it advance.

[andrey]

Yes, T42 can boot from USB device.

Make sure you either hit F12 during startup or change BIOS prerferences so USB device will be the one to boot from.

[Virgi44]

I have a external drive with an OS on board (XP) that I'd like to boot from so I can run a program that's on there that I can't seem to find anywhere online
I read somewhere that Dell's can do this, does the T42 have an option like this buried in the bios somewhere?
hehe, I should really just look shouldn't I, please be there though, I really need it to be !!!
thanks for any input it advance.

It is not as easy as you think.
As far as I know, you need a special-modified XP Install disk otherwise your XP won't boot, because of the missing USB drivers.

You can find all the neccessary informations here:
http://www.ngine.de/index.jsp?pageid=4176

Good Luck!