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Installing windows from a USB 3.0 drive

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I have heard a lot of buzz about USB 3.0 boot incompatibility. Is it true that I can't install windows like this, even if I put the thumbdrive in USB 2.0 port?

All my USB 2.0 ports are 4 gigs (not enough capacity) and installing from a DVD is out of the table too because I don't have an optical drive anymore (they ugly  :D).

Do I have to buy a USB 2.0 drive or will the 3.0 one do the trick?

Thanks. :)

Any USB will work. 2.0 or 3.0 won't make a difference. 

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I have heard a lot of buzz about USB 3.0 boot incompatibility. Is it true that I can't install windows like this, even if I put the thumbdrive in USB 2.0 port?

All my USB 2.0 ports are 4 gigs (not enough capacity) and installing from a DVD is out of the table too because I don't have an optical drive anymore (they ugly  :D).

Do I have to buy a USB 2.0 drive or will the 3.0 one do the trick?

Thanks. :)

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I have heard a lot of buzz about USB 3.0 boot incompatibility. Is it true that I can't install windows like this, even if I put the thumbdrive in USB 2.0 port?

All my USB 2.0 ports are 4 gigs (not enough capacity) and installing from a DVD is out of the table too because I don't have an optical drive anymore (they ugly  :D).

Do I have to buy a USB 2.0 drive or will the 3.0 one do the trick?

Thanks. :)

Any USB will work. 2.0 or 3.0 won't make a difference. 

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All my USB 2.0 ports are 4 gigs

 This makes absolutely no sense.

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Maybe an external optical  (connected via USB) drive is the way to go.

 Two motoes to live by   "Sometimes there are no shortcuts"

                                           "This too shall pass"

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