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I have an internal SSD with a dual boot arch linux/Windows 7 grub. I bought a usb to sata adapter and plugged the usb to a toshiba laptop - the system starts to boot normally from the USB device, up to the point where the animated Windows pictogram appears (description from here). Then I get a bluescreen (STOP: 0x7B).

Safe mode, last driver loaded is aswRvrt.sys

Arch boots to the terminal but when I issue startx it fails with Fatal server error: no screens found(EE)

Is it hopeless ?

EDIT: this is not a duplicate of the question cited - I do not want to install to the usb - I want to BOOT from the usb. Plugging the SSD to a desktop worked out of the box.

Mr_and_Mrs_D
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  • If you don't install Windows to the drive, how would you expect to boot into Windows from it? The point is [Windows won't boot from USB](http://superuser.com/questions/62506/can-windows-7-boot-from-an-external-usb-or-firewire-drive?lq=1) without using a 3rd party utility to install/patch it. – Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007 Dec 16 '14 at 20:10
  • @Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007: Windows are installed into the drive (a dual boot grub2 drive) - possibly it's a laptop (as opposed to desktop) thing - not sure that's why I asked – Mr_and_Mrs_D Dec 16 '14 at 21:31

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