Vista - is it possible to install vista on usb dard drive

is it possible to install vista on usb dard drive, iv'e done with xp,
installed ok but i could not launch the os after install.
My motherboard can boot from usb devices
Im just wondering if anyone has done this kind of install and did it work?

Thanks
IQON

normally no...

is it possible? yes

I have heard people of doing this, but it involves tricks...


"iqon" <iqon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> is it possible to install vista on usb dard drive, iv'e done with xp,
> installed ok but i could not launch the os after install.
> My motherboard can boot from usb devices
> Im just wondering if anyone has done this kind of install and did it work?
>
> Thanks
> IQON

"iqon" <iqon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news1A6F50B-EC5A-4189-9F64-3DED71C0B309@microsoft.com...
> is it possible to install vista on usb dard drive, iv'e done with xp,
> installed ok but i could not launch the os after install.
> My motherboard can boot from usb devices
> Im just wondering if anyone has done this kind of install and did it work?


Actually, ignore my last post. They are about installing Vista *from* a USB
flash drive. A more refined search didn't throw up anything.

ss.

Ok thanks,sorry about the spelling of hard drive (dard drive)lol
IQON
"Tiberius" wrote:

> normally no...
>
> is it possible? yes
>
> I have heard people of doing this, but it involves tricks...
>
>
> "iqon" <iqon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news1A6F50B-EC5A-4189-9F64-3DED71C0B309@microsoft.com...
> > is it possible to install vista on usb dard drive, iv'e done with xp,
> > installed ok but i could not launch the os after install.
> > My motherboard can boot from usb devices
> > Im just wondering if anyone has done this kind of install and did it work?
> >
> > Thanks
> > IQON
>
>
>

Windows will NOT install on a "Removable" drive - that's the attribute of
USB drives that prevents it. If you want removable Windows installs you
should consider SATA external drives or eSATA as they do support OS
booting. In some rare cases you can restore an Image of a XP volume to
a USB drive and with some considerable work make it boot. The issue
is speed. A USB 2.0 Drive is only going to achieve a 25-Megabyte
transfer rate. That's slower than a Optical drive. The other issue is every
time you plug it into a different PC product activation will trigger. Again
it's not a drive being external that matters it's if it is seen by Windows
as a
removable device.

"iqon" <iqon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news1A6F50B-EC5A-4189-9F64-3DED71C0B309@microsoft.com...
> is it possible to install vista on usb dard drive, iv'e done with xp,
> installed ok but i could not launch the os after install.
> My motherboard can boot from usb devices
> Im just wondering if anyone has done this kind of install and did it work?
>
> Thanks
> IQON

Very helpful thanks R. McCarty The reason i wanted vista on some kind of
removable device is to stop my kids playing around with my computer, i always
use user accounts but i right the password's in a scrapbook and there always
find it, and use my pc when i'm not around.
Thanks
IQON

"R. McCarty" wrote:

> Windows will NOT install on a "Removable" drive - that's the attribute of
> USB drives that prevents it. If you want removable Windows installs you
> should consider SATA external drives or eSATA as they do support OS
> booting. In some rare cases you can restore an Image of a XP volume to
> a USB drive and with some considerable work make it boot. The issue
> is speed. A USB 2.0 Drive is only going to achieve a 25-Megabyte
> transfer rate. That's slower than a Optical drive. The other issue is every
> time you plug it into a different PC product activation will trigger. Again
> it's not a drive being external that matters it's if it is seen by Windows
> as a
> removable device.
>
> "iqon" <iqon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news1A6F50B-EC5A-4189-9F64-3DED71C0B309@microsoft.com...
> > is it possible to install vista on usb dard drive, iv'e done with xp,
> > installed ok but i could not launch the os after install.
> > My motherboard can boot from usb devices
> > Im just wondering if anyone has done this kind of install and did it work?
> >
> > Thanks
> > IQON
>
>
>

"iqon" <iqon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6E13E931-6811-4974-B48B-815C41AF772B@microsoft.com...
> Very helpful thanks R. McCarty The reason i wanted vista on some kind of
> removable device is to stop my kids playing around with my computer, i
> always
> use user accounts but i right the password's in a scrapbook and there
> always
> find it, and use my pc when i'm not around.


In that case just use BitLocker, and take your USB key with you when you go.
Much much better idea.

ss.

I av'e windows home premium,will i av'e bitlocker on my version of windows

"Synapse Syndrome" wrote:

> "iqon" <iqon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:6E13E931-6811-4974-B48B-815C41AF772B@microsoft.com...
> > Very helpful thanks R. McCarty The reason i wanted vista on some kind of
> > removable device is to stop my kids playing around with my computer, i
> > always
> > use user accounts but i right the password's in a scrapbook and there
> > always
> > find it, and use my pc when i'm not around.
>
>
> In that case just use BitLocker, and take your USB key with you when you go.
> Much much better idea.
>
> ss.
>
>

"iqon" <iqon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:BB61F71A-9F36-4047-8A2E-E6C906D8AABF@microsoft.com...
>I av'e windows home premium,will i av'e bitlocker on my version of windows
>


Oh, only on Ultimate and Enterprise I think. Sorry, I tend to forget about
the other versions.

I don't really see why you couldn't just make a strong password that you can
remember, or write down very secretly.

ss.

Thanks Synapse Syndrome, I will, and buy a safe to put the password in,just
hope i rember the combanation for the safe lol

Thanks again
IQON

"Synapse Syndrome" wrote:

> "iqon" <iqon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:BB61F71A-9F36-4047-8A2E-E6C906D8AABF@microsoft.com...
> >I av'e windows home premium,will i av'e bitlocker on my version of windows
> >
>
>
> Oh, only on Ultimate and Enterprise I think. Sorry, I tend to forget about
> the other versions.
>
> I don't really see why you couldn't just make a strong password that you can
> remember, or write down very secretly.
>
> ss.
>
>