Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (
More info?)
There you go! Why would they want to allow people to have one hard drive
that they could use between 4 or 5 computers. It would not be a good
business decision to do that!
--
Regards,
Richard Urban
aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
"Ted Zieglar" <teddyz@notmail.com> wrote in message
news:uvrX8mIXFHA.2076@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Like Richard, I would also be surprised to learn that Windows, and
> especially XP, can be installed to an external drive. It seems to me that
> such a thing wouldn't be good for Microsoft's bottom line.
> --
> Ted Zieglar
> "You can do it if you try."
>
> "Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:OU7a9MIXFHA.3448@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> Have you done it - or do you only believe it can be done?
>>
>> I have not found an external drive yet that will allow you to install and
>> boot Windows XP. As the necessary drivers needed during the very early
>> stages of the boot process have yet to be installed, any necessary
>> drivers
>> needed for the hardware would have to be permanently encoded in silicon
>> on
>> the M/B or on the drive itself.
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>>
>> Richard Urban
>>
>> aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard
>>
>> If you knew as much as you think you know,
>> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
>>
>>
>> "Yves Leclerc" <yleclercNOSPAM@maysys.com> wrote in message
>> news:%23a2flnHXFHA.3864@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> > Not completely true! I believe that only two types of "external"
>> > drives
>> > can be used. External SATA and SCSI drives can be set up as "boot"
>> > drives since they will behave as internal drives.
>> >
>> >
>> > "Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@nospamgmail.com> wrote in message
>> > news:%23uxdch%23WFHA.2348@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> >> Windows XP cannot be installed on an external drive,
>> >> only an internal drive. External drives are designed for
>> >> file storage and backups only.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Carey Frisch
>> >> Microsoft MVP
>> >> Windows XP - Shell/User
>> >> Microsoft Newsgroups
>> >>
>> >> Get Windows XP Service Pack 2 with Advanced Security Technologies:
>> >>
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/windowsxp/choose.mspx
>> >>
>>
>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ------------------
>> >>
>> >> "googen" wrote:
>> >>
>> >> | is it possible to install windows xp on an external usb hard disk?
> when
>> >> i
>> >> | tried to do so by booting the windows xp cd, it said that it could
> not
>> >> | communicate with the drive i selected and that i might need special
>> >> software
>> >> | to do so.
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>