Guest Leecky Posted July 11, 2007 Posted July 11, 2007 Hi, I have some questions: 1. Does it is possible that install the operation system (such as windows xp) on the moveable hard disk? 2. Is it that a way to install a operation system on moveable hard disk and enable it to work with different computer? 3. If question 2 is true , how can I do with it? Is the windows xp embedded system the right way to do it? -- more study, more practice.follow my heart!
Guest Carey Frisch [MVP] Posted July 11, 2007 Posted July 11, 2007 Re: question about operating system on moveable hard disk Microsoft Windows operating systems are designed to only be installed and function properly on an internal hard drive. -- Carey Frisch Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Leecky" <Leecky@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:5A54D148-AB33-4BD4-AE65-AE541189BCC1@microsoft.com... Hi, I have some questions: 1. Does it is possible that install the operation system (such as windows xp) on the moveable hard disk? 2. Is it that a way to install a operation system on moveable hard disk and enable it to work with different computer? 3. If question 2 is true , how can I do with it? Is the windows xp embedded system the right way to do it? -- more study, more practice.follow my heart!
Guest Jerry Posted July 11, 2007 Posted July 11, 2007 Re: question about operating system on moveable hard disk "Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@nospamgmail.com> wrote in message news:81144D41-0AFD-469C-8842-E46BBF88672C@microsoft.com... > Microsoft Windows operating systems are designed to only be > installed and function properly on an internal hard drive. > > -- > Carey Frisch > Microsoft MVP > Windows - Shell/User That's not entirely true: http://www.tomshardware.com/2005/09/09/windows_in_your_pocket/
Guest Uncle Grumpy Posted July 11, 2007 Posted July 11, 2007 Re: question about operating system on moveable hard disk "Jerry" <Hello@spam.com> wrote: >"Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@nospamgmail.com> wrote in message >news:81144D41-0AFD-469C-8842-E46BBF88672C@microsoft.com... >> Microsoft Windows operating systems are designed to only be >> installed and function properly on an internal hard drive. >> >> -- >> Carey Frisch >> Microsoft MVP >> Windows - Shell/User > >That's not entirely true: >http://www.tomshardware.com/2005/09/09/windows_in_your_pocket/ Carey is renowned for his limited hardware knowledge - among other things ;->
Guest Ron Martell Posted July 11, 2007 Posted July 11, 2007 Re: question about operating system on moveable hard disk "Jerry" <Hello@spam.com> wrote: >"Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@nospamgmail.com> wrote in message >news:81144D41-0AFD-469C-8842-E46BBF88672C@microsoft.com... >> Microsoft Windows operating systems are designed to only be >> installed and function properly on an internal hard drive. >> >> -- >> Carey Frisch >> Microsoft MVP >> Windows - Shell/User > >That's not entirely true: >http://www.tomshardware.com/2005/09/09/windows_in_your_pocket/ > > But Bart's PE Builder is not a full install of Windows XP and most installed applications will not work with it. Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada -- Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2008) On-Line Help Computer Service http://onlinehelp.bc.ca "Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference has never been in bed with a mosquito."
Guest Ron Martell Posted July 11, 2007 Posted July 11, 2007 Re: question about operating system on moveable hard disk Leecky <Leecky@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >Hi, > > I have some questions: 1. Does it is possible that install the operation >system (such as windows xp) on the moveable hard disk? 2. Is it that a way to >install a operation system on moveable hard disk and enable it to work with >different computer? 3. If question 2 is true , how can I do with it? Is the >windows xp embedded system the right way to do it? Windows XP will not install on a removable disk. It might be possible to install it on a fixed disk and then use a Disk Imaging product to copy that to a removable drive and provided you get the drive letters configured correctly it might repeat might work. When Windows XP is installed it is specifically configured to work with the actual hardware components that are found in that particular computer. If you move the drive to a different computer it will typically fail to boot unless and until a Repair Install of Windows XP is done to configure it for the hardware in the new computer, at which point it will then no longer be usable back in the original computer because of the hardware differences. Even if the two computers were absolutely identical in every hardware aspect (same motherboard, same CPU, same video card, same hard drive make and model, same CD/DVD drive make and model, same amount of RAM, etc etc. moving the hard drive would still cause problems with Windows Activation because of the computer specific items that are included in the items monitored by activation such as the MAC address of the network card and the volume serial of the hard drive. Hope this explains the situation. Good luck Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada -- Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2008) On-Line Help Computer Service http://onlinehelp.bc.ca "Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference has never been in bed with a mosquito."
Guest Plato Posted July 12, 2007 Posted July 12, 2007 Re: question about operating system on moveable hard disk =?Utf-8?B?TGVlY2t5?= wrote: > > I have some questions: 1. Does it is possible that install the operation > system (such as windows xp) on the moveable hard disk? 2. Is it that a way to Not really. One can install a thing like Barts or Nunos tho to give you limited functionality: http://boot-land.net/winbuilder/ http://www.bootdisk.com/txtfiles/wbuilder.txt http://nu2.nu/pebuilder http://reatogo.de/ -- http://www.bootdisk.com/
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