[[Current versions of Windows should not be installed to USB hard disk
drives because Windows does not support USB hard disk drives as the primary
boot device.]]
[[Windows as it exists today is currently not optimized to run as an
installed operating system from USB attached mass-storage or CD. ]]
[[Hard disk drives shouldn't report themselves as removable media drives
because Windows will not put a page file on a removable media device. ]]
from...
Recommendations for Booting Windows from USB Storage Devices
Updated: August 23, 2004
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/storage/usb-boot.mspx
However, this is claimed to work.
http://www.ngine.de/index.jsp?pageid=4176
This is supposed to work also.
Windows In Your Pocket | Tom's Hardware
http://www.tomshardware.com/2005/09/09/windows_in_your_pocket/
No, Microsoft does *NOT* support it.
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Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
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