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Old 15th July 2008 | 20:10
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BLUE SKY THINKER
 
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Boot XP From External (USB) Hard Drive?

Scenario:
New laptop (supporting USB boot in BIOS) running Vista.
Would like to boot XP from perfectly serviceable HD from old (otherwise U/S) laptop, via USB connected HD enclosure.

Seems simple, but for a whole variety of (Google) reasons I gather may be a "no no". Certainly the case on initial try, but I can appreciate all sorts of reasons possibly why (boot files, etc).

Can anyone enlighten me as to whether this is a quick 'goer', or not?

Thanks, as always.



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