Installing Vista on a usb external drive ?

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Sean

Is it ok to install vista rc1 5600 on a maxtor 200gb usb external drive?
It has pictures on there I need to keep?
anyone?
 
No, installing to an external drive is not supported. If you have stuff on
there you need to keep why would you install on that drive. If you have
stuff on your internal drive that you need to save move it to the external
one then install.
 
Jack said:
Why not to try?

Because it is not technically possible. The rumour is that the next major
release of Windows, codename Vienna, will have the ability to boot from an
external drive, but Vista will not.
 
I just did this. It works. Install it into a virtual machine (Virtual PC
2007 beta works great). Very snazzy.
Phil
 
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