Install windows 7 on external hard drive and boot from the external hard drive

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I have a lenovo thinkcentre m58 that has no hard drive. I have an iso image of windows 7 ultimate and I am trying to boot from an external hard drive. Since the desktop does not have a hard drive in it, I want to use the external as my main drive. The external drive will always be plugged into the desktop. Is this possible?
 
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Check the BIOS to see if USB boot option is on. If not that, some devices just don't allow it.

Make sure to try a different USB port too.
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@ThatVietGuy, I have a spare external hard drive that I wont be using so I wanted to give it a shot. It's not going to be my main computer, it's just a little project that I wanted to give a shot to see if it would work. I have tried formatting the hard drive and everything, but when I boot it up and say to boot from the usb drive, it says boot disk error.
 
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Check the BIOS to see if USB boot option is on. If not that, some devices just don't allow it.

Make sure to try a different USB port too.
 
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