can I boot up from external Hard Disk Drive?

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I plan to buy an external Hard Disk Drive (HDD) for my notebook, create a
mirror image of drive C: on the external HDD and then would like to be able
to boot-up from the external HDD bypassing drive C:

Is it possible to boot up from the external drive?

I know that if you press "Options/Alt" on Apple computer during power-on it
will boot up from the external HDD. Would ALT do the same for PCs?
 
C

Carey Frisch [MVP]

Unless your motherboard supports booting
from an external drive, you'll be unable to do
so. Windows XP was not designed to run from
an external drive.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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| I plan to buy an external Hard Disk Drive (HDD) for my notebook, create a
| mirror image of drive C: on the external HDD and then would like to be able
| to boot-up from the external HDD bypassing drive C:
|
| Is it possible to boot up from the external drive?
|
| I know that if you press "Options/Alt" on Apple computer during power-on it
| will boot up from the external HDD. Would ALT do the same for PCs?
 

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