C200 Booting to USB attached iomega Hard Drive

hi guys.
Does anyone know  if the C200 will boot to a USB attached Iomega Hard drive for use with their never now software 
for system restore in case of hdd failure ?
Im not sure if the Bios will see the external hdd as a bootable device.
Thanks for any replies 

It should.
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