installing windows xp to a hard drive in hard drive case via usb

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Guest

my laptop harddrive has recently dyed and i dont have the money for a new one
i was wondering if there is a way to install windows xp onto a hard drive
that is in a hard drive case that connects via a usb 2.0 port?
 
C

Carey Frisch [MVP]

No. Windows XP will only install on an
internal drive, not an external drive.

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

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| my laptop harddrive has recently dyed and i dont have the money for a new one
| i was wondering if there is a way to install windows xp onto a hard drive
| that is in a hard drive case that connects via a usb 2.0 port?
 
G

Guest

my laptop harddrive has recently dyed and i dont have the money for a new one
i was wondering if there is a way to install windows xp onto a hard drive
that is in a hard drive case that connects via a usb 2.0 port?

if i cant do this is it possible to connect a normal desktop hard drive to
my laptop and install xp to it.

if not is there any way that i can use my laptop again without having to buy
another hard drive?
 

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