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  • Even if the boot is from the drive (I wasn't clear, an hdd drive in my case), I could get driver problems from the PC? I mean, can't we boot the Ubuntu Live USB drive on any PC, why would it be different from a complete system? Commented Mar 25, 2018 at 22:05
  • A Live CD or USB is not a clone of an an existing system drive, as you stated: " is it possible to make a copy of my system on the drive, so I can plug it into another computer." Commented Mar 26, 2018 at 0:09
  • Yes, maybe I wasn't clear, but my question was more about the details of what's different that give rise to the problem. I'm not really an expert on these things. But anyway, the reason is not really important. Commented Mar 26, 2018 at 3:53
  • Live CD's are made to include additional drivers for various PC's, or even to find them on the web. Unneeded drivers are usually not included after installation. Commented Mar 26, 2018 at 23:37