Windows on External Hard Disk

[namita.dalmia]

Hi all,

I want to install Windows XP on external USB HD. I would want to know
if that is possible? And will the installation bind my USB to the
particular computer which I used to install Windows on it?

In detail :-

I do not have my personal computer. I get access to my friend's
computer at times. But I want to create my own hard drive. I was
planning to buy one of the available external USB HDs and install
Windows on it. So my first question is that is such an installation
possible? And if yes, will that installation bind my HD to the computer
I used to install Windows.

Thanks in advance
Namita

 

[smlunatick]

Please search the newsgroups first so as to see if your question has
been asked before.

XP will not install on an external USB or Firewire drive. Microsoft
does not allow it.

 

[Malke]

Hi all,

I want to install Windows XP on external USB HD. I would want to know
if that is possible? And will the installation bind my USB to the
particular computer which I used to install Windows on it?

In detail :-

I do not have my personal computer. I get access to my friend's
computer at times. But I want to create my own hard drive. I was
planning to buy one of the available external USB HDs and install
Windows on it. So my first question is that is such an installation
possible? And if yes, will that installation bind my HD to the computer
I used to install Windows.

No, I'm sorry but XP cannot be installed on or run from an external hard
drive. Look into one of the portable Linux distros instead.

Malke

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Windows XP can only be installed on an "internal" hard drive.

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


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| Hi all,
|
| I want to install Windows XP on external USB HD. I would want to know
| if that is possible? And will the installation bind my USB to the
| particular computer which I used to install Windows on it?
|
| In detail :-
|
| I do not have my personal computer. I get access to my friend's
| computer at times. But I want to create my own hard drive. I was
| planning to buy one of the available external USB HDs and install
| Windows on it. So my first question is that is such an installation
| possible? And if yes, will that installation bind my HD to the computer
| I used to install Windows.
|
| Thanks in advance
| Namita

 

[Anna]

:

| Hi all,
|
| I want to install Windows XP on external USB HD. I would want to know
| if that is possible? And will the installation bind my USB to the
| particular computer which I used to install Windows on it?
|
| In detail :-
|
| I do not have my personal computer. I get access to my friend's
| computer at times. But I want to create my own hard drive. I was
| planning to buy one of the available external USB HDs and install
| Windows on it. So my first question is that is such an installation
| possible? And if yes, will that installation bind my HD to the computer
| I used to install Windows.
|
| Thanks in advance
| Namita

Windows XP can only be installed on an "internal" hard drive.

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

Namita:
As Carey & others have informed you, cannot *directly* install the XP
operating system onto a USB external hard drive. It is not terribly clear
what your ultimate objective is here when you say "I want to create my own
hard drive." But there is a way (in effect) to install the XP OS onto an
external HDD.

After you install the OS on your internal HDD, you can "clone" the contents
of that drive to the external drive through the use of a disk imaging
program. So that the external HDD will be a copy of your day-to-day working
HDD. I don't know if that would be of any use to you. Bear in mind that, as
you have heard, the USB external HDD containing the XP operating system
would *not* be bootable under these circumstances.
Anna

 

[DandyDon]

If all you want to do is create a portable drive to store your personal
files to take with you to use with your friend's machine when you visit,
YES, that will work.

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[namita.dalmia]

Thanks everyone. i found this link :-

http://www.ngine.de/index.jsp?pageid=4176

Any comments?

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Yes, it won't work!

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


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| Thanks everyone. i found this link :-
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| http://www.ngine.de/index.jsp?pageid=4176
|
| Any comments?