install Vista on a external USB2 har drive

[Guest]

Hi,

I already installed Vista on my testing machine and it works fine! Now I
want to install it on a external USB2 hard drive via my notebook. I wonder,
what happens when the hard drive isn't connected to the notebook. Will I be
able to boot Windows XP without having any problems?

Thanks in advance,
Cliff

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Windows Vista can only be installed on an internal hard drive,
not an external USB hard drive. External drives are designed
for backups and file storage only, not operating systems.

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

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| Hi,
|
| I already installed Vista on my testing machine and it works fine! Now I
| want to install it on a external USB2 hard drive via my notebook. I wonder,
| what happens when the hard drive isn't connected to the notebook. Will I be
| able to boot Windows XP without having any problems?
|
| Thanks in advance,
| Cliff

 

[Tom Scales]

Agree with sentence one. Don't agree with sentence two. It's an arbitrary
decision on MS' part. Would be convenient to keep separate OS/Builds on
different pluggable drives.