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    anyone try to install Windows in SD in Mac

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by GRZ530, Aug 20, 2009.

  1. GRZ530

    GRZ530 Notebook Consultant

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    I mean install windows XP or 7 stored in a SD card( not via a sd card), because my SD slot usually free and i want to use it

    Thx :D
     
    GRZ530, Aug 20, 2009
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    v0va Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hmmmm that would be awesome! you can get a 16gb sd card for around 30 bucks and have windows boot from it? I would love that if it was possible, Boot Camp and Parallels FTW!

    I would love to hear more about this.
     
    v0va, Aug 20, 2009
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    that is an interesting approach..i'm curious about this as well. the same question could be asked of a flash drive. i wonder...
     
    brianj320, Aug 20, 2009
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  4. Khris

    Khris Yes I am better than you!

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    Windows will not install to anything except a Hard Drive or SSD.
     
    Khris, Aug 20, 2009
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  5. k9hydr4

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    You could install in Bootcamp then clone to SD.
     
    k9hydr4, Aug 20, 2009
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    You can try to use Windows XP mode to use on USB drive. Install to your SD card and try to booting with that.
     
    phuduong, Aug 21, 2009
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  7. Xirurg

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    nope,it will!
     
    Xirurg, Aug 21, 2009
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  8. Khris

    Khris Yes I am better than you!

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    Posts like this are useless without additional information. You might as well have said the sky is purple!
     
    Khris, Aug 21, 2009
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    not to start a "dogfight", but saying "Windows will not install to anything except a Hard Drive or SSD." is useless either-do you have a link that will proof that?

    Anyway,I ll post pics of pc that boots from CF tomorrow or monday...
     
    Xirurg, Aug 21, 2009
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  10. v0va

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    Rather than posting pics, can you tell us how to do it on a Mac?
     
    v0va, Aug 21, 2009
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    Xirurg ORLY???

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    Xirurg, Aug 21, 2009
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  12. v0va

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    No, that's why I'm asking.
     
    v0va, Aug 21, 2009
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  13. Khris

    Khris Yes I am better than you!

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    Being able to boot from the SD card is completely different than saying Windows will install to an SD card.......it won't. I'm sure you can go through various steps of installing Windows to a hard drive, and then image it to the SD card, but my initial point remains valid that Windows will NOT directly install to an SD card. Want proof? Stick an SD card into your Mac (or any laptop for that matter) and run Windows setup. It will only show HDs and SSDs as available installation locations.
     
    Khris, Aug 21, 2009
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  14. NlightN

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    Its an interesting question!! My thoughts are that the SD is actually a drive and should be a bootable drive IF the machine is setup correctly. BootCamp should be able to handle it, but not sure. Dont have an intel/MAC to ply with at the moment.

    Anybody else got this knowledge? speak up

    N
     
    NlightN, Aug 21, 2009
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    The challenge comes from the Windows Install Disk.

    I still think it would be easier to simply setup a bootcamp partition, install Windows on that, then clone it to the SD card.
     
    k9hydr4, Aug 21, 2009
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  16. lewdvig

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    Actually I think its the SD reader drivers, boot camp and EFI that are the problem. The boot manager needs to see the drive and allow you to boot form it. There is no technical reason why not - it just isn't available to us.

    I am quite sure this would work on various PCs.

    Seriously, Win7 is a whole pile of suck. Bloggers are easily manipulated by MS to follow the hype. A few pretty pictures and everything is forgiven. It's not as good as XP - IMO.

    Its the same crap as before but with less functionality - i.e. no native mail client.
     
    lewdvig, Aug 24, 2009
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    Windows Live Mail and MSN are my most used programs in Windows 7...
    It's almost like Mail, iChat etc... but you just have to download it!

    Do you even use Windows 7!?
    It is definitely faster than XP, benchmarks show it and I know it since I've compared it myself.
     
    Beatsiz, Aug 25, 2009
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    The sky is purple.
     
    chyidean, Aug 25, 2009
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    Thanks for proving my point.
     
    Khris, Aug 26, 2009
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    What was your testing methodology?

    Step 1 - Double click on program to test loading speed
    Step 2 - Count 1 Mississippi, 2 Mississippi, 3 Mississippi until program opens
    Step 3 - Squeal with glee because you love Windows so much!
     
    Khris, Aug 26, 2009
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  21. haquocdung

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    I have XP running on a CD and it's freaking slow.
    I know that usb should give a better speed around 50mb/s but I dont think it will be convenient (fast enough) to run it though.
     
    haquocdung, Aug 26, 2009
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