Installing to a USB Drive

[Jason Freeman]

As you might know, Windows XP was not very receptive to booting from a USB
drive. (I'm actually in the process of trying it myself right now.)

Has anyone tried installing Vista to a USB drive? I'd be curious about the
results.

Jason

 

[Mick Murphy]

Won't boot.

"Jason Freeman" wrote:

> As you might know, Windows XP was not very receptive to booting from a USB
> drive. (I'm actually in the process of trying it myself right now.)
>
> Has anyone tried installing Vista to a USB drive? I'd be curious about the
> results.
>
> Jason
>
>
>

 

[Jason Freeman]

Have you tried any of the Windows XP tweaks (e.g., changing some USB INF
files)?

Jason


"Mick Murphy" <MickMurphy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Won't boot.
>
> "Jason Freeman" wrote:
>
>> As you might know, Windows XP was not very receptive to booting from a
>> USB
>> drive. (I'm actually in the process of trying it myself right now.)
>>
>> Has anyone tried installing Vista to a USB drive? I'd be curious about
>> the
>> results.
>>
>> Jason
>>
>>
>>

 

[Richard G. Harper]

Aside from the fact that it's not supported, none of the XP 'tweaks' work
with the new installer in Vista. I don't believe it's possible at all.

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"Jason Freeman" <loosus@coastalnet.com> wrote in message
news:eD5gQ5qxHHA.3956@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> As you might know, Windows XP was not very receptive to booting from a USB
> drive. (I'm actually in the process of trying it myself right now.)
>
> Has anyone tried installing Vista to a USB drive? I'd be curious about
> the results.
>
> Jason
>
>

 

[Ian Betts]

I would not think it would work any better than XP did because they are not
boot disks. Why not install Vista on a second drive or partition or with
the Virtual PC program from Microsoft. This forces Vista to see XP as a
separate PC.

--
Ian

"Jason Freeman" <loosus@coastalnet.com> wrote in message
news:eD5gQ5qxHHA.3956@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> As you might know, Windows XP was not very receptive to booting from a USB
> drive. (I'm actually in the process of trying it myself right now.)
>
> Has anyone tried installing Vista to a USB drive? I'd be curious about
> the results.
>
> Jason
>
>
>

 

[ray]

On Sun, 15 Jul 2007 10:37:01 +0100, Ian Betts wrote:

> I would not think it would work any better than XP did because they are not
> boot disks.

Sure they are. Linux works fine that way. The problem is that MS is brain
damaged, not the disks.



> Why not install Vista on a second drive or partition or
> with the Virtual PC program from Microsoft. This forces Vista to see XP
> as a separate PC.

 

[Lang Murphy]

"Jason Freeman" <loosus@coastalnet.com> wrote in message
news:eD5gQ5qxHHA.3956@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> As you might know, Windows XP was not very receptive to booting from a USB
> drive. (I'm actually in the process of trying it myself right now.)
>
> Has anyone tried installing Vista to a USB drive? I'd be curious about
> the results.
>
> Jason
>
>


I -think- this is possible if the external drive is SATA plugged into a SATA
port. Unfortunately, Colin Barnhorst, the guy who posted about this, lost
patience with all the trolls in this ng and no longer frequents it. Our
loss. Sigh...

I don't have an answer... sorry. I know external SATA ain't external USB...
just posting the possiblity for booting from an external drive.

Lang

 

[Ian Betts]

What a very silly and unhelpful answer. Linux does not work that way friend.

--
Ian

"ray" <ray@zianet.com> wrote in message
newsan.2007.07.15.14.49.40.561596@zianet.com...
> On Sun, 15 Jul 2007 10:37:01 +0100, Ian Betts wrote:
>
>> I would not think it would work any better than XP did because they are
>> not
>> boot disks.
>
> Sure they are. Linux works fine that way. The problem is that MS is brain
> damaged, not the disks.
>
>
>
>> Why not install Vista on a second drive or partition or
>> with the Virtual PC program from Microsoft. This forces Vista to see XP
>> as a separate PC.
>
>