System on external HDD?

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Aloha all. Probably an easy question. I have XP on my C: drive. Can I
install another OS (Vista) on an external HDD, then choose which drive to
boot from upon startup?
Thanks.
 
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"LMO" <gcorlin@hawaii.rr.como> wrote in message
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> Aloha all. Probably an easy question. I have XP on my C: drive. Can I
> install another OS (Vista) on an external HDD, then choose which drive to
> boot from upon startup?
> Thanks.
>
>
>

No. While some claim to have installed XP (haven't seen the claim for Vista
yet) on USB thumb drives and make the OS fully functional, both installation
programs will refuse to install onto any removable devices. Must be a fixed
hard drive in the system to install an OS onto.
 
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"LVTravel" <noone@nothere.com> wrote in
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> Must be a fixed hard drive in the system to install an OS
> onto.

Correction: it must be a fixed hard drive to install a WINDOWS OS onto.

There a plenty of other operating systems out there that do not have this
limitation.
 
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"ShadowTek" <FAKE@EMAIL.ADDRESS> wrote in message
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> "LVTravel" <noone@nothere.com> wrote in
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>
>> Must be a fixed hard drive in the system to install an OS
>> onto.
>
> Correction: it must be a fixed hard drive to install a WINDOWS OS onto.
>
> There a plenty of other operating systems out there that do not have this
> limitation.


And the OP specifically said Vista not Linux, and the other UNIX based OSs!
 
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"LMO" <gcorlin@hawaii.rr.como> wrote in message
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> Aloha all. Probably an easy question. I have XP on my C: drive. Can I
> install another OS (Vista) on an external HDD, then choose which drive to
> boot from upon startup?
> Thanks.
>
>
>

If the external drive is eSATA, you can, as XP or Vista will see it as
an internal drive. If it's USB, no.
 
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"LVTravel" <noone@nothere.com> wrote in
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>>> Must be a fixed hard drive in the system to install an OS
>>> onto.
>>
>> Correction: it must be a fixed hard drive to install a WINDOWS OS
>> onto.
>>
>> There a plenty of other operating systems out there that do not have
>> this limitation.
>
>
> And the OP specifically said Vista not Linux, and the other UNIX based
> OSs!

"An OS" is too broad a thing to say. Therefore, it is specifically
incorrect when used in that sentence.
 
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So if I install an eSATA port card, and an eSATA external drive to the card
I can then install Vista to the external eSATA drive, and I will be able to
choose XP or Vista upon bootup (using the BIOS bootup option)?
Thank you!

"Ian D" <taurus@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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>
> "LMO" <gcorlin@hawaii.rr.como> wrote in message
> news:gbf4lc$k0b$1@aioe.org...
>> Aloha all. Probably an easy question. I have XP on my C: drive. Can I
>> install another OS (Vista) on an external HDD, then choose which drive to
>> boot from upon startup?
>> Thanks.
>>
>>
>>
>
> If the external drive is eSATA, you can, as XP or Vista will see it as
> an internal drive. If it's USB, no.
>
 
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