Windows can only be installed on an internal drive.
External drives are designed for file storage only.

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
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"cpliu" wrote:

| Can the Windows OS be installed to an external drive (whether USB or
| firewire)? I've tried installing Vista beta, but it went into blue screen
| error after it finished the initial installation (took over 1-2 hours). It
| mentioned something about hardware problem with codes like:
|
| STOP:
| 0x0000007BC ....
|
| If Vista does not work that way, I need to install XP to my external drive.
| Please give me feedback before I wait 1 hour to know if it works...
|
|
| THANKS!
|
|
| cpliu