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    Vista OS on External USB HDD?

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by Loggie, Jun 15, 2009.

  1. Loggie

    Loggie Notebook Evangelist

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    I tried to load Vista 32 on an external HDD-USB connected and the Vista installer said that setup does not support installation on a USB drive.

    Is there a way around this? It seems that I remember reading about other people doing this in another post, but I am not sure about that.
     
    Loggie, Jun 15, 2009
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    Shyster1 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Are you sure you're not confusing that with creating a bootable usb stick? There is a thread/guide written by NBR member Zfactor that shows how to make a bootable USB stick.
     
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    hmm you could always take your hd from the casing, put it in your laptop/pc, install windows on it put it back in your hd casing and select boot from usb in your bios?
     
    Athinu, Jun 15, 2009
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  4. Loggie

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    I will check that thread, however I am using an external 600GB HDD, not a USB stick. I have a 2GB USB stick but I don't think that is large enough to hold the OS. Any way, high capacity USB sticks are too pricey an option for me. External USB HDDs are much cheaper.
     
    Loggie, Jun 15, 2009
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