USB External HD Enclosure question

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Jeff <Jeff@somewhere.com> wrote in message
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> If one purchases one of those external enclosures
> that converts a IDE drive to a USB drive, will:

> 1) It boot as a n external USB drive.

Depends on what your motherboard bios can do.

> 2) If one is doing a fresh install of win xp sp2, can one load
> the OS direcly to this USB external drive (IDE drive inside)?

Dunno, likely not, but I havent tried it.

> 3) Lastly, does one have to use the software drivers that
> come with the enclosure if one is using win xp sp2?

Nope, they're natively supported by XP SP2.

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In article <3fh8mdF7pk4iU1@individual.net>,
Rod Speed <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>Jeff <Jeff@somewhere.com> wrote in message
>news:6ZudnexmxapEzg7fRVn-3w@velocitywest.net...
>
>> If one purchases one of those external enclosures
>> that converts a IDE drive to a USB drive, will:
>
>> 1) It boot as a n external USB drive.
>
>Depends on what your motherboard bios can do.
>
>> 2) If one is doing a fresh install of win xp sp2, can one load
>> the OS direcly to this USB external drive (IDE drive inside)?
>
>Dunno, likely not, but I havent tried it.
>
>> 3) Lastly, does one have to use the software drivers that
>> come with the enclosure if one is using win xp sp2?
>
>Nope, they're natively supported by XP SP2.
>
>


It's been said that you can't install XP on a removable device.
I've never tried it.





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Ok,

I understand....I can make a bootable backup (clone) to a USB drive but i
cannot install a fresh OS (win xp) to an external media.

Thnx,

jeff