topic Bios...boot from USB in PCs & Accessories

Bios...boot from USB

JohnHarrison1983 — Sun, 18 Sep 2005 22:10:09 GMT

Is it possible to for my sony vaio fs115b to boot from a USB flash drive.
I cant seem to see any setting in the BIOS, all thats there is Optical Drive, Harddrive, network, floppy. I have the latest BIOS version but would of persumed this option should be availiable seeing as all my other computers can.

Cheers.

Re: Bios...boot from USB

clash-city-rocker — Sun, 18 Sep 2005 22:24:13 GMT

I found the same with my FS-295XP, it's not there, and VERY suprising, that in 2005, a new PC is not capable of booting from a USB flash drive. This is a major pain in the butt for me, as I use it to make ghost backup and run some other non XP tools. Having to burn them to CDR, and having the boot device as readonly is a major disadvantage.

Come on Sony, please listen to your users, and add this capability. I'm sure the BIOS vendor (Pheonix) provide this, but Sony had locked out this functionality (so they can sell up USB floppy drives...).

Re: Bios...boot from USB

seb21__ — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 14:54:21 GMT

I think it's possible. But Sony has locked all useful things in BIOS. So you can't do it.

Re: Bios...boot from USB

JohnHarrison1983 — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 16:25:19 GMT

I think it's possible. But Sony has locked all useful things in BIOS. So you can't do it.

why are they locking it out? that sucks.

i agree with mgillespie and im in the same situation as him...
theres probley some hacked bios on the net thats unlocked it...im going to see if I can find it.

:smileygrin:

Re: Bios...boot from USB

seb21__ — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 16:32:29 GMT

I think they want prevent user for doing silly things. But they forget that there are users with more pc experience too.

Re: Bios...boot from USB

JohnHarrison1983 — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 17:08:44 GMT

couldnt find any way to unlock it so im going to send an e-support message to sony...

Re: Bios...boot from USB

seb21__ — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 17:36:54 GMT

good luck, I have done the same in february this year. Without luck

Re: Bios...boot from USB

kee-lo_ — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 19:05:40 GMT

I'd love USB booting too

Re: Bios...boot from USB

JohnHarrison1983 — Thu, 22 Sep 2005 15:18:17 GMT

Just got a response from the support team..not good news
*** NOTES 22-Sep-2005 Action Type: Info
Dear Jak,
Thank you for contacting us, Please be advised that you cannot boot from a usb flash drive.The usb device does not become active until windows , so unfortunetly this is not an option

thats not true...is it? about becoming active until windows.
ive tried pluggin in a keyboard into a usb slot and it worked fine when in the bios...so the usb slots do work before windows

Re: Bios...boot from USB

seb21__ — Thu, 22 Sep 2005 16:16:48 GMT

Hehe, priceless.:smileygrin:

Re: Bios...boot from USB

kee-lo_ — Thu, 22 Sep 2005 18:01:10 GMT

I think they just need to write a new BIOS *sigh*

Re: Bios...boot from USB

Gedas — Fri, 23 Sep 2005 17:16:38 GMT

Just got a response from the support team..not good news
  *** NOTES 22-Sep-2005   Action Type: Info
Dear Jak, 
Thank you for contacting us, Please be advised that you cannot boot from a usb flash drive.The usb device does not become active until windows , so unfortunetly this is not an option

That is so untrue! other notebooks perfectly recognise usb devices until windows.

check http://www.tomshardware.com/howto/20050909/usb-stick-windows-02.html

SONY should really solve this BIOS issue preventing booting from USB drives. I just faced it myself and still have no idea what to do.

Re: Bios...boot from USB

tonybeard — Fri, 23 Sep 2005 17:53:36 GMT

Gedas Matey we have kiddies age of 5 and up viewing this forum. Do you mind changing your avatar to something more general public. Cheers:smileylaugh:

Re: Bios...boot from USB

kee-lo_ — Fri, 23 Sep 2005 18:58:20 GMT

"Thats sick dude"

As Stan would say from South Park