NEED HELP (Installing Windows XP on Removeable HD)

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  1. JOEnGABI

    JOEnGABI Member

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    I have a Dell Inspiron 1501. Im running Vista home premium. And Im tring to install XP on my 80gb USB harddrive. I downloaded Windows XP Pro from the microsoft site and did what it said, and wrote the iso to a blank disk. My problem is when I start my computer and boot from the disk, It tries to boot it then goes into vista... Any ideas?
     
  2. Indochine

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    This is an old one that keeps coming up.

    Boiled down to the essentials, here's the lowdown in 3 easy to grasp bullet points...

    * Windows cannot be installed on any external drives.

    * You can't do it.

    * It won't work.


     
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