Install Win 7 on USB drive

I have seen questions about installing from a USB reader.

What I would like to do is install Win 7 on a USB HDD. I have seen nothing on this that was helpful.

I have a basic case and 2gb of memory, usb reader and 600gb. It sees the usb HDD and Win7 boots from the usb reader. It looks good until it gets ready to install then I get this statement "Windows 7 can not be installed on this drive".

I then click on more info and get "Windows 7 can not be installed on drive 2. Then gives several possible causes."

None of the causes are valid.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

huffman said:

I have seen questions about installing from a USB reader.

What I would like to do is install Win 7 on a USB HDD. I have seen nothing on this that was helpful.

I have a basic case and 2gb of memory, usb reader and 600gb. It sees the usb HDD and Win7 boots from the usb reader. It looks good until it gets ready to install then I get this statement "Windows 7 can not be installed on this drive".

I then click on more info and get "Windows 7 can not be installed on drive 2. Then gives several possible causes."

None of the causes are valid.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

What r the causes given and What I know is u cannot install an OS on external Drive...

I usually plug the hard drive in my PC, load windows, then throw it in an usb hard drive enclosure.

Captain Zero said:

This should help you.

He wants to install it on USB HDD not From USB HDD

bhuulo said:

What r the causes given and What I know is u cannot install an OS on external Drive...

Hi there

Where on Earth did you get that piece of info from.
If you can BOOT a device you can install Windows on it.

An easy way to do this is to create a Windows Image on any old disk and then re-image it on your Bootable USB drive and then mess around with the bootloader.

For examples look and see how people make Bartpe and Vistape Windows bootable disks (on USB sticks etc). Just google Bartpe.

Cheers
jimbo

jimbo45 said:

Hi there

Where on Earth did you get that piece of info from.

For examples look and see how people make Bartpe and Vistape Windows bootable disks (on USB sticks etc). Just google Bartpe.

Cheers
jimbo

I got this information from Himalayas :)
yes I know well about BartPe and all other alternative methods but they r not for regular working???

It seems to me everyone reading the question wrong:

Have regular install disk reading from an external dvd reader. I have brand new external usb drive.

I want to install on the usb drive.

Thanks

huffman said:

It seems to me everyone reading the question wrong:

Have regular install disk reading from an external dvd reader. I have brand new external usb drive.

I want to install on the usb drive.

Thanks

u r not clear, what I understand is u have External DVD Reader and a External HDD and u wann to install ur OS on external HDD through Eternal DVD reader, is it?