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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.
Thank you.
windows 7 professional 64 bitIntel Core i7-2670QM20 GBnVidia Quadro 1000M - Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- HP elitebook 8560w
- OS
- windows 7 professional 64 bit
- CPU
- Intel Core i7-2670QM
- Motherboard
- Hewlett-Packard 1631
- Memory
- 20 GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- nVidia Quadro 1000M
- Sound Card
- Intel Cougar Point PCH - High Definition Audio Controller
- Monitor(s) Displays
- LG Philips LP156WF1-TLF3
- Screen Resolution
- 1920 x 1080
- Hard Drives
- WDC WD7500BPKT-00PK4T0
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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?
Windows 10 Education 64 bitAMD Phenom II X4 980 Black Edition Deneb 3.7GHz8GB 4GBx2 Kingston PC10600 DDR3 1333 MemoryZotac NVIDIA Geforce GT640 2 Gig DDR3 PCIe - Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Home Built
- OS
- Windows 10 Education 64 bit
- CPU
- AMD Phenom II X4 980 Black Edition Deneb 3.7GHz
- Motherboard
- Asus M4N68T-M V2 µATX Motherboard
- Memory
- 8GB 4GBx2 Kingston PC10600 DDR3 1333 Memory
- Graphics Card(s)
- Zotac NVIDIA Geforce GT640 2 Gig DDR3 PCIe
- Sound Card
- VIA VT1708s High Definition Audio 8-channel Onboard
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 22" LG E2242 1080p and 2 19" I-INC AG191D
- Screen Resolution
- 1280x1024 - 1920x1080 - 1280x1024
- Hard Drives
- Crucial M100 256 GB SSD and 500 GB WD Blue SATA
- PSU
- Thermaltake TR 620
- Case
- Power Up Black ATX Mid-Tower Case
- Cooling
- Stock heatsink and fan
- Keyboard
- Logitech Wireless K350 Wave
- Mouse
- Logitech Wireless M570 Trackman Wheel
- Internet Speed
- 80 Mbps Down 30 Mbps Up
- Antivirus
- Windows Defender
- Browser
- Internet Explorer 11
- Other Info
- HP DVD1040e Lightscribe - External USB2
Only if its connected with eSATA, not USB which is the bottleneck prohibiting Win7 install.
