Vista - Install Vista on external usb EIDE HD

Is it possible to install a bootable Vista on an external USB drive?


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Donald L McDaniel
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No.

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"Donald L McDaniel"wrote:

| Is it possible to install a bootable Vista on an external USB drive?
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| Donald L McDaniel
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I agree because I have tried based on the recommendation of an ISV trainer
who gave me that idea to use an external drive.I bought a Western Digital
60MB USB drive with those hopes. It works up to the point of the
installation process where it says "complete installation" after loading
files, expanding files, etc. but never finishes the process. I tried twice.

So what are the options Carey? I am thinking I am going to have to go to buy
a new laptop with at least 1 Gig of RAM and whatever the current graphics
card is, and simple blow away the existing WinXP home OS and install from
the ISO DVD I have.

Thanks for ideas. I have spent 2 full days on atttempting the impossible.

Greg

"Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@nospamgmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Donald L McDaniel"wrote:
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Why not?

"Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:

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Why not?

"Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:

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> "Donald L McDaniel"wrote:
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if you install it on an internal drive, then move the drive to an external
case, will it still boot?

"Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:

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> "Donald L McDaniel"wrote:
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I have installed it on an old(er) external Western Digital USB 2.0 disk (80
gig). Install went fine, but it blue screens at crcdisk.sys. I gather that
this is because o having it side-by-side with an XP installation. I removed
my laptop drive all together, reinstalled to the external drive, and it still
fails. So, installation IS possible, however, booting is a failure.

My theory is that there is some kind of driver issue. Any suggestions?

"Kip" wrote:

> if you install it on an internal drive, then move the drive to an external
> case, will it still boot?
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> "Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:
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> > | Is it possible to install a bootable Vista on an external USB drive?
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i just tried, doesn't work
when it boot, alien code come out and system hang


"Kip" wrote:

> if you install it on an internal drive, then move the drive to an external
> case, will it still boot?
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> "Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:
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> > No.
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> > Carey Frisch
> > Microsoft MVP
> > Windows - Shell/User
> > Microsoft Community Newsgroups
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> > "Donald L McDaniel"wrote:
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> > | Is it possible to install a bootable Vista on an external USB drive?
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thanks. was about to try here, but I think I'll just leave the drive in the
computer for now.

"Jackal" wrote:

> i just tried, doesn't work
> when it boot, alien code come out and system hang
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> "Kip" wrote:
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> > if you install it on an internal drive, then move the drive to an external
> > case, will it still boot?
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> > "Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:
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> > > No.
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> > > Carey Frisch
> > > Microsoft MVP
> > > Windows - Shell/User
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> > > "Donald L McDaniel"wrote:
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> > > | Is it possible to install a bootable Vista on an external USB drive?
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> > > | Donald L McDaniel
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