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   snakeman7 Guest

   Can I do it?
   
   I have XP Home and want to install XP Pro on my external and boot from it, can this be done?

    

   snakeman7, Dec 21, 2008

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   omar3333 Regular member

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   Supposedly this CAN be done. I can't confirm that this works, but USB flash drives are pretty well the same thing as external HDDs, both FAT32 anyway.
   
   http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-22_11-5928902.html

    

   omar3333, Dec 26, 2008

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   ddp Moderator Staff Member

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   snakeman, does your bios allow you to boot from an usb drive?

    

   ddp, Dec 26, 2008

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