esata hard drives

[2008 IQ is unacceptable]

Do all motherboards (if any) allow you to select an esata drive as a boot device?

I was wondering b/c i wanted to buy an esata hdd and put vista 64 on it, and leave my internal hdd and the xp install on it alone.

 

[BRiT]

If your BIOS allows booting from SATA then there is a way. If you route an internal sata port to an eSata bracket, then the BIOS won't know it's external.

 

[2008 IQ is unacceptable]

If your BIOS allows booting from SATA then there is a way. If you route an internal sata port to an eSata bracket, then the BIOS won't know it's external.

Thanks=]
But can I boot from an esata port on the i/o panel?

Be sure to let me know=]

 

[BRiT]

That depends entirely on your motherboard and BIOS.