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is it possible to install windows xp in external hard drive and make works normally as it was install in internal hard drive please help i am new at this |
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07-28-2008, 05:55 PM
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Doing that will not boot your computer. In other words the answer is No
-- Peter Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. "wannabegeek" <wannabegeek@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:62B161BE-F735-47CE-8EF8-B4F8CA5F1643@microsoft.com... > is it possible to install windows xp in external hard drive and make works > normally > as it was install in internal hard drive > > please help i am new at this |
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07-28-2008, 06:00 PM
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Only if the external drives are either SATA or SCSI hosted.
All USB peripherals are seen to Windows as removable. It's that attribute that prevents installation on USB external drives. "wannabegeek" <wannabegeek@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:62B161BE-F735-47CE-8EF8-B4F8CA5F1643@microsoft.com... > is it possible to install windows xp in external hard drive and make > works > normally > as it was install in internal hard drive > > please help i am new at this |
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07-28-2008, 06:11 PM
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Really? I've always thought that if we can boot off USB flash drive we
should be able to install Windows on external USB drive (as long as BIOS supports booting off USB). Maybe I'm wrong. "R. McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSpam_@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:%23snkU1P8IHA.3736@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > Only if the external drives are either SATA or SCSI hosted. > All USB peripherals are seen to Windows as removable. It's > that attribute that prevents installation on USB external drives. > > "wannabegeek" <wannabegeek@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:62B161BE-F735-47CE-8EF8-B4F8CA5F1643@microsoft.com... >> is it possible to install windows xp in external hard drive and make >> works >> normally >> as it was install in internal hard drive >> >> please help i am new at this > > |
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07-28-2008, 06:19 PM
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Some claim you can clone a working XP image onto a USB drive.
However, XP's installer will never recognize a USB drive as a possible destination for installing. SATA, eSATA and SCSI drives in an external enclosure appear to XP as "Fixed" drives and are candidates for installing to. It's not that the drives are external so much as to XP they appear "Removable". "John" <a> wrote in message news:eEXby7P8IHA.3260@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > Really? I've always thought that if we can boot off USB flash drive we > should be able to install Windows on external USB drive (as long as BIOS > supports booting off USB). Maybe I'm wrong. > > "R. McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSpam_@mindspring.com> wrote in message > news:%23snkU1P8IHA.3736@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >> Only if the external drives are either SATA or SCSI hosted. >> All USB peripherals are seen to Windows as removable. It's >> that attribute that prevents installation on USB external drives. >> >> "wannabegeek" <wannabegeek@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:62B161BE-F735-47CE-8EF8-B4F8CA5F1643@microsoft.com... >>> is it possible to install windows xp in external hard drive and make >>> works >>> normally >>> as it was install in internal hard drive >>> >>> please help i am new at this >> >> > > |
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07-28-2008, 07:02 PM
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Good to know. Thanks.
"R. McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSpam_@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:%23CLWDAQ8IHA.1200@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > Some claim you can clone a working XP image onto a USB drive. > However, XP's installer will never recognize a USB drive as a > possible destination for installing. SATA, eSATA and SCSI drives > in an external enclosure appear to XP as "Fixed" drives and are > candidates for installing to. It's not that the drives are external so > much as to XP they appear "Removable". > > "John" <a> wrote in message news:eEXby7P8IHA.3260@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... >> Really? I've always thought that if we can boot off USB flash drive we >> should be able to install Windows on external USB drive (as long as BIOS >> supports booting off USB). Maybe I'm wrong. >> >> "R. McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSpam_@mindspring.com> wrote in message >> news:%23snkU1P8IHA.3736@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >>> Only if the external drives are either SATA or SCSI hosted. >>> All USB peripherals are seen to Windows as removable. It's >>> that attribute that prevents installation on USB external drives. >>> >>> "wannabegeek" <wannabegeek@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >>> news:62B161BE-F735-47CE-8EF8-B4F8CA5F1643@microsoft.com... >>>> is it possible to install windows xp in external hard drive and make >>>> works >>>> normally >>>> as it was install in internal hard drive >>>> >>>> please help i am new at this >>> >>> >> >> > > |
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07-29-2008, 10:07 AM
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Only if you "whack" the ability of Windows to handle USB normally. In
other words you prevent the normal Plug and play of USB and then the external booting can be used. So you give up a lot of USB's value for something of limited use. John wrote: > Really? I've always thought that if we can boot off USB flash drive we > should be able to install Windows on external USB drive (as long as BIOS > supports booting off USB). Maybe I'm wrong. > > "R. McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSpam_@mindspring.com> wrote in message > news:%23snkU1P8IHA.3736@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > >>Only if the external drives are either SATA or SCSI hosted. >>All USB peripherals are seen to Windows as removable. It's >>that attribute that prevents installation on USB external drives. >> >>"wannabegeek" <wannabegeek@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >>news:62B161BE-F735-47CE-8EF8-B4F8CA5F1643@microsoft.com... >> >>>is it possible to install windows xp in external hard drive and make >>>works >>>normally >>>as it was install in internal hard drive >>> >>>please help i am new at this >> >> > > |
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07-29-2008, 11:30 AM
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> is it possible to install windows xp in external hard drive and make
> works normally > as it was install in internal hard drive > > please help i am new at this Only if there is a BIOS setting where you can tell it to boot from an external drive and the type of connection it uses: eg USB. |
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07-29-2008, 01:18 PM
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Huh ???
-- Peter Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. "Twayne" <nobody@devnull.spamcop.net> wrote in message news:ueB9MAZ8IHA.3260@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... >> is it possible to install windows xp in external hard drive and make >> works normally >> as it was install in internal hard drive >> >> please help i am new at this > > Only if there is a BIOS setting where you can tell it to boot from an > external drive and the type of connection it uses: eg USB. > > > |
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07-29-2008, 11:50 PM
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By "whack", I believe you mean choosing the option in the BIOS at
startup to boot from USB media. That "whack" would last only until the next startup. That a USB-linked IDE or SATA hard drive could boot an OS was confirmed to me by Dell's Tech Support, so I assume that any motherboard with a BIOS that enables booting from USB media would also accommodate booting from a USB-connected external hard drive. But it's not clear that setting the BIOS to boot from USB would disable unused USB ports from use for plug-n-play devices. Do you know this to be a fact? *TimDaniels* "Bob I" wrote: > Only if you "whack" the ability of Windows to handle USB normally. In other > words you prevent the normal Plug and play of USB and then the external > booting can be used. So you give up a lot of USB's value for something of > limited use. > > John wrote: > >> Really? I've always thought that if we can boot off USB flash drive we should >> be able to install Windows on external USB drive (as long as BIOS supports >> booting off USB). Maybe I'm wrong. >> >> "R. McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSpam_@mindspring.com> wrote in message >> news:%23snkU1P8IHA.3736@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >> >>>Only if the external drives are either SATA or SCSI hosted. >>>All USB peripherals are seen to Windows as removable. It's >>>that attribute that prevents installation on USB external drives. >>> >>>"wannabegeek" <wannabegeek@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >>>news:62B161BE-F735-47CE-8EF8-B4F8CA5F1643@microsoft.com... >>> >>>>is it possible to install windows xp in external hard drive and make works >>>>normally >>>>as it was install in internal hard drive >>>> >>>>please help i am new at this >>> >>> >> >> > |
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