Since grub cannot boot windows that resides on a usb HD just because BIOS does not support usb storage, it seems to me that grub needs to be made more robust. If linux OS can find the device, grub should also be beefed up with drivers to probe for and recognize and announce on the screen the presence of USB storage, and thus allow us to boot from it. Best regards, Markus _________________________________________________________________ Shed those extra pounds with MSN and The Biggest Loser! http://biggestloser.msn.com/