hi, i have a INTERNAL for 3.5" IDE hdd and i want to make it bootable. i have windows 2003 installed and i can't boot from it. I looked over the internet but not a chance. i found nothing

Ok first. I just finished formatting a laptop and tried the external rack on it and it booted after that started to load(windows log when the little line goes from left to right) after that finishes it gives me a blue screen for 1 or 2 seconds and then it restarts.

Second, i tried the rack on a PC and it does nothing it passes the boot from and it just stays black. I also tried it on anther laptop and even if i open bootscreen and select the USB HDD to boot from it just boots from the internal hdd.

I enterd bios and set the primary boot device USB HDD.

Also i removed the hdd from the rack to install windows 2003 and it worked on the pc but when i put it in the rack it does as i told above.

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common no answer? :(( WHYYYY?

There's no such OS as "Windows 2003".

Windows server 2003...

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