i recently bought an external HDD and i am thinking of installing Windows into it so taht my existing internal HDD will not be affected and i could make my window mobile.. i wonder whether it is possible to install the windows into the external HDD that use USB and let windows boot from my external HDD???
Thanks in advance.....
2007-03-07 16:25:15 · 3 answers · asked by unknown 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
If your motherboard is capable of booting from a USB device the you should be able to install windows onto the external hard drive although I am not sure if windows installer will see the external hard drive during the install. If the installer does see the external and you are able to install onto it, windows will not be portable due to the fact that during the install windows becomes hardware specific, it configures itself to the hardware on which it is installed so it would not be portable.
If you would like to install windows onto the external and the installer does not see the external, you can use a program like Norton Ghost to transfer an image of your internal hard drive to the external.
2007-03-07 16:33:07 · answer #1 · answered by Mortis 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
go into your bios and check what boot devices are available.
I'm not sure how many computers can boot from USB since they are special drivers that need to be installed.
but you bios will tell you
usually bios is at f5 when you boot, but many computers are different and may use f8 or f12 or f2
2007-03-08 00:32:05 · answer #2 · answered by BILL@CA 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yup guy. You can surely do it.
But it will not be read as an OS from USB.
Instead it will be read as external BAckup device
2007-03-08 00:29:37 · answer #3 · answered by sunil m 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋