2006-08-07 05:59:04 · 10 answers · asked by Denny 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
You can but you don't need to. Think of it as a giant usb flash drive.
2006-08-07 06:02:44 · answer #1 · answered by Me 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, in most cases the external drive will be USB or if older Serial. With the Windows XP O/S; it will detect the external drive the moment you connect while the system is on or off. Therefore you will not have to install XP on the external drive.
2006-08-07 06:05:05 · answer #2 · answered by Swordfish 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, the external harddrive will appear as just another harddrive on your computer. It doesn't need XP to work. Only one harddrive on your system needs to have Windows installed.
2006-08-07 06:03:31 · answer #3 · answered by Bryan A 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
on 1 computer
you can run 2 hard drives with out any problem at all but if your going to run 2 hard drives (1) as the master with windows xp on and the other harddrive (2) just has a slave drive with no windows system on it at all just for back up software / files for that reason ...its best if you have the 2 hard drives as internal hard drives and if you have a good firewall and all the top anti spyware/trojan you compouter will be fine
get you back in to windows xp user account if you forget you user
account password
TO GET BACK IN TO YOUR USER ACCOUNT DESKTOP
if you dont have a user COMPUTER ADMINISTRATOR ACCOUNT USER ID
shut down the computer remove the power cable
take the computer cover off
now look in side the computer
next to the computer motherboard not on the motherboard next to it
there is a silver battery it is a silver clip silver battery
you remove the silver battery wait for 1 minute .. 1 minute not 30 seconds you must keep the silver battery for 1 minute then you put the silver battery back on then you put the cover back on the computer then you put the power cable back on the power point at the back of the computer then you restart your computer
and you will come back to the user account login screen click on your user account and windows xp will log in with out asking for the user account password then you click on start /control panel click on user account icon ... then you click on your user account icon and creat a new password ..windows xp with all your settings
windows xp with all your settings will be as they was befor you lost your password all your desktop settings and files will still be there ...then restart your pc for settings tobe saved
2006-08-07 06:10:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you have the disk partitioned? you would be able to desire to partition thechronic. one million Partition for each OS. (the two on a similar HDD or Seperate HDD's) In Vista: nicely suited click My pc Goto take care of - In pc administration Counsole, choose Disk Managment - choose thechronic you choose to partition - choose shrink quantity and decide how a lot area you choose to XP, i'd say 5GB. - After that nicely suited-click the black bar and decide New quantity - complete the wizard and bear in mind thechronic letter. Restart with XP setup, and decide thatchronic letter.
2016-09-29 00:18:02 · answer #5 · answered by lavinia 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO!! In fact, you do not want to install XP on it. Just plug it in and just it like you would a floppy or CD for storing files.
2006-08-07 06:05:09 · answer #6 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unless you boot from your external rather than your internal, no.
If its just for additioinal or portable storage, like a memory stick, it just gets formatted and start saving stuff there!!!
2006-08-07 06:02:41 · answer #7 · answered by worxsigns 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no. Better not to have the os in the external hard drive
2006-08-07 06:03:20 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, although some drives need a driver to be installed on your PC
2006-08-07 06:02:06 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No
XP, will be able to read the hard drive as long as it is formatted properly, which most of them are now
2006-08-07 06:02:28 · answer #10 · answered by billyandgaby 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋