Install OS in external Hard Disk

[vasanthkumarvk]

I want to install windows 2003 in my external hard disk connect thro
USB. I have win xp in my primary hard disk. Can it be doen. Please
advise.

Vasanth

 

[Galen]

In Carey Frisch [MVP] <[email protected]> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

A Windows operating system cannot be installed on an external drive.

Well, I dunno about all that... For instance (not directly but it seems
logical that it can be done...) how about installing *NIX and then using one
of the VMWare type applications and loading it there? A number of *NIX
builds run fine from a USB device. It'd be pretty insane, run slower than
dirt, and if this is flash memory have a rather limited life span... <g>
Seems to me it "can" be done if one's insane enough to try it.

Galen
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