install Vista on a external USB2 har drive

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Hi,

I already installed Vista on my testing machine and it works fine! Now I
want to install it on a external USB2 hard drive via my notebook. I wonder,
what happens when the hard drive isn't connected to the notebook. Will I be
able to boot Windows XP without having any problems?

Thanks in advance,
Cliff
 
Windows Vista can only be installed on an internal hard drive,
not an external USB hard drive. External drives are designed
for backups and file storage only, not operating systems.

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
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news://msnews.microsoft.com/

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| Hi,
|
| I already installed Vista on my testing machine and it works fine! Now I
| want to install it on a external USB2 hard drive via my notebook. I wonder,
| what happens when the hard drive isn't connected to the notebook. Will I be
| able to boot Windows XP without having any problems?
|
| Thanks in advance,
| Cliff
 
Agree with sentence one. Don't agree with sentence two. It's an arbitrary
decision on MS' part. Would be convenient to keep separate OS/Builds on
different pluggable drives.
 
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