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Running Vista RC1 off of a Externat USB Drive??????????

Posted: 09-20-2006, 08:19 AM
Help4680
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> To all you hard working Beta testers.... Could anyone tell me if
> you(They) have installed Vista onto an Externat USB drive and dual booted off
> of a Win XP and External USB Vista RC1 setup????????????????
> If you have and there is ant=ything special I should know about such a setup
> would you PLEASE Inform me NOW.
>
> Thanks
> PPSS Don't you all think Microsoft should offer it's Beta Testers a DISCOUNT
> on the final Product??????????????? I sure DO!!!!!!!!
Is Vista RC1 an upgrade or as I'm thinking you can also install it in a dual
boot senero?
I'm trying to get these questions answered before I start to test Vista RC1
it's not that I'm dragging my feet..........
Thanks Again..
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Rock
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Re: Running Vista RC1 off of a Externat USB Drive??????????
Posted: 09-21-2006, 10:41 AM
"Help4680" wrote

<snip>
> Is Vista RC1 an upgrade or as I'm thinking you can also install it in a
> dual
> boot senero?
> I'm trying to get these questions answered before I start to test Vista
> RC1
> it's not that I'm dragging my feet..........
> Thanks Again..
RC1 can be installed as a clean install or an upgrade of either XP SP2 or
Vista Beta 2. Upgrading from any other version of Vista is not supported
(meaning it hasn't been tested and the results of any such upgrade are not
of interest to MS.) Dual boot is certainly possible - I'm running four
installations on this one system, two XP and two Vista RC1 (one as a clean
install and the other an upgrade from another XP installation). Make sure
you don't install Vista on anything but a test system. Some people have had
trouble with dual boot and not been able to recover their other OS after the
failure.

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Rock [MVP Windows Shell/User]

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Colin Barnhorst
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Re: Running Vista RC1 off of a Externat USB Drive??????????
Posted: 09-21-2006, 07:35 PM
USB boot devices are not supported in Vista. You can't do it. A USB hard
drive cannot be a boot device because Windows (including Vista) cannot boot
from a device on the USB bus. Such a capability is being pursued for the
next release of Windows (Windows Codename Vienna).

"Help4680" <Help4680@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>
>> To all you hard working Beta testers.... Could anyone tell me if
>> you(They) have installed Vista onto an Externat USB drive and dual booted
>> off
>> of a Win XP and External USB Vista RC1 setup????????????????
>> If you have and there is ant=ything special I should know about such a
>> setup
>> would you PLEASE Inform me NOW.
>>
>> Thanks
>> PPSS Don't you all think Microsoft should offer it's Beta Testers a
>> DISCOUNT
>> on the final Product??????????????? I sure DO!!!!!!!!
>
> Is Vista RC1 an upgrade or as I'm thinking you can also install it in a
> dual
> boot senero?
> I'm trying to get these questions answered before I start to test Vista
> RC1
> it's not that I'm dragging my feet..........
> Thanks Again..

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