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    Running XP on a Macbook Pro using Boot Camp, from an external HDD?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by gamer_jason, May 1, 2006.

  1. gamer_jason

    gamer_jason Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'm currently in the market for a notebook. So, let's say, for argument's sake, that I wind up with a 17" Macbook Pro with the 100gig HDD (I don't want the 120gig drive since it drags it down to 5400 RPM). I know that normally, Boot Camp creates a partition on your HDD and you choose the size of the OS X partition and the XP partition. However, could I keep the whole 100gigs for OS X, and make my XP "partition" the external HDD?
     
    gamer_jason, May 1, 2006
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    tsy Notebook Guru

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    don't think its possible ...yet
     
    tsy, May 2, 2006
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