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External HDD..........?
I am going to buy a 500gb external HDD to squeeze a bit of life out of my computer before i buy a new one. I have pre-ordered Windows 7 Ultimate and was wondering...When i get the HDD and Windows 7 i want to know how to install W7 on the external HDD. I know when you put in the disk it asks what partion or HDD you want it on, but if i have W7 on my external and Windows Vista on my internal, how will the bootup be? Will i be able to choose between the C drive and the D drive when i boot (like a multi-boot)? And in msconfig, the boot timeout is the maount of time untill it chooses the default OS, correct? Thanks in advance and sorry if im a bit confusing!
I will wait an extra hour if i need to. I have filled my 200gb internal and need more room (id rather keep my computer because it is about 2 years old). So it will look like a dual-boot correct? Or will i get a command prompt and have to type in the drive?
3 Answers
- AmexLv 51 decade agoFavorite Answer
Yes it will have a boot selection screen asking you whether you want to use a previous version or the new version of Windows.
- 1 decade ago
It can be done. However, depending on the quality of your harddrive (speed, buffer, connection) you will be seeing absurdly long startup times.
Windows 7 requires a lot of resources to run, and I dont believe you would be satisfied with the slow speed that it will run at on an external drive.
- ?Lv 71 decade ago
You are right it can be done. But do you really want to wait for a boot from the external?
