Installing Windows 7 On An External USB HD And Use It As Internal HD


  1. cypherinfo
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    windows 7 professional 64 bit
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    Installing Windows 7 On An External USB HD And Use It As Internal HD


    Hello,

    how to install windows 7 on an external HD (enclosure plugged via USB) in order to use it as primary internal HD.

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  3. alphanumeric
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    Windows 10 Education 64 bit
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    You can't, at least not without a lot of trickery that will likely backfire on you latter on. Why do you want to do this?
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  4. gregrocker
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    Only if its connected with eSATA, not USB which is the bottleneck prohibiting Win7 install.
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