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Vista & External Storage Devices & NAS Boxes Problems & Issues
So if you want to install in the "Program Files" and use Vista make sure you don't mind everytime that you run the Unreal games run them with a but after formating the disk its simply connecting the external USB Hard drive and doing a "copy/ paste" of the games directory and shortcuts and a "double" click of

installing windows xp on a usb hard drive to boot sony vaio from
It does not recognise external USB storage devices (USB flash memory, external USB hard drive, external USB floppy). this problem i have with windows vista basic. for some reason windows vista no longer will install devices automatically, eg a usb flash drive which vista have drivers for it pre installed or any

My disk is getting corrupt all the time
Richard Urban richardurbanREMOVET...@hotmail.com microsoft public windows vista installation_setup You can not install Vista to an external USB hard drive. -- Regards, Richard Urban Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User (For email, remove the obvious from my address) Quote from George Ankner: If you knew as much as you

microsoft reader (for 'ebooks') + office 2003 + windows vista home
this on a clean install. On one computer the scanner works in a certain port. On the other computer - nothing. I shut down both computers and switched M/B's. I have an external Maxtor that will not work with Vista. I'll be damned if I am going back to XP because of it. I just use my 500 gig Seagate hard drive

Windows driver problem
Malke ma...@invalid.invalid microsoft public windowsxp general hitesh ughreja wrote: hello, i bought a new x61 laptop which doesn't have any CD rom drive. i have an external USB drive. the laptop come with windows vista OS. i want to install windows XP in other partition, ie i want to make it dual boot. i can't

Moving internal hard drive (slave) to another computer
... usb hard disk............. bye On 1/28/08, gman <gorda...@hotmail.com> wrote: Hi, I got new laptop with Vista preinstaled. I bought external USB hard drive, and want to install XP Pro on it , so I get dual boot Vista/XP. Is this doable, and can someone point out some links that would be helpful. Thanks, Gman --

Vista & External Storage Devices & NAS Boxes Problems & Issues
Have you run the hard drive manufacturer's test software on the drive? I don't know, I'm thinking it may be a Vista problem . First I have an external usb drive that has worked beautifully on my xp machine. Plugged it into my new vista 64 machine and most of the 500gb of data is corrupted. have run chkdsk and

Restoring Disk Image to Virtual Drive
I have a new WD external hard drive that I'm trying use with Vista Ultimate, but when I connect the drive I get an error message saying, "Windows found driver software for your device but encountered an error while attempting to install it. USB Mass Storage Device Access is denied" I found a KB article which seems

My New Disk
I tried the easy transfer program to save to DVDs, but it didn't work. Looking for suggestions Backup to an external USB hard drive or flash drive. I'd also think twice about doing the vista install. Lots of folks seem to be having problems. IMHO there is a fairly high liklihood of significant issues.

Vista Backup applet failed to launch
I have a usb Hard drive on which i want to install windows xp and use it when required on this notebook. i donot know how to do it so can aNYONE GUIDE ME HOW TO INSTALL WQINDOWS XP ON THE EXTERNAL USB HARD DRIVE AND BOOT my notebook from that. i will be highly thankful. XP is not designed to run from an external

unable to login on WindowsXP Home Edition
Drew Salad saladbar...@hotmail.com microsoft public windows vista installation_setup This has happened to me too. I was installing to an external USB hard drive (beta 2) and on the first reboot, the screen would be black and just stay that way for about ten minutes until I would reboot.

Install Win 2000 on external usb hard drive
Heck, even if you do have a system failure, installing Vista is FAST (compared, say, to WinXP). As long as you keep your data backed up you should be fine -- unless you make really, The answer is to disable System Restore and VSS then use a 3rd party disk imaging program with an external USB hard drive.

Dual boot
46erjoe 46er...@nospam.com microsoft public windows vista general Whoa Betsy!!! Are you suggesting that I download another OS and have it install all its programs On Tue, 08 May 2007 20:26:04 -0700, Doris Day - MFB <sn...@nospam.com> wrote: 46erjoe wrote: I did try to use an external USB hard drive enclosure.

Can I restore Windows 98 from an USB external CR-rom drive?
320GB External USB Hard Drive 4. 200GB External USB Hard Drive basically whether these hard drives are connected via the LAN or via USB, Vista doesnt Everytime i turn or re-boot my pc, all i keep getting is, please re-install drivers, why arent these drivers saving themselves so it can stop this prompting.

Can't Install External Hard Drive
... i bought a new x61 laptop which doesn't have any CD rom drive. i have an external USB drive. the laptop come with windows vista OS. i want to install when it starts installing the windows xp from CD rom it is not finding any hard drive. means it is not detecting any devices to install the software. please

cannot access data files
yanaire.com> wrote: Take out the burner from your new computer, install it in the old computer. Write your files to CD or DVD. Then put the drive back in the new Pull the Win98 hard drive and put it in an external USB hard drive enclosure, connect it to the Vista machine and copy over the files that way.

How to install OS in external USB HDD
It's best to simply buy a new computer and install the OS you require and keep it. I recommend you simply wait to buy a new computer with the OS you Get a drive imaging program, image the drive to external media such as an external USB hard drive, then if something happens during an OS upgrade or the hard drive

True Image 11 back up C: Restore to D: then boot to D:
Bill Yanaire b...@yanaire.com microsoft public windows vista general Take out the burner from your new computer, install it in the old computer. Pull the Win98 hard drive and put it in an external USB hard drive enclosure, connect it to the Vista machine and copy over the files that way.

How do I install external usb hard drive for Vista in a dual boot
The destination drive doesn't even have to be formatted. If you decide to install a larger hard drive let me know and I'll send my Ghost to you. I'm thinking if I build a new computer Ghost will be one of the parts I buy. I've been reading a list that is discussing Vista right now, and consensus is you need a

install windows xp through external USB CDrom drive
Latest BIOS. I loaded Vista on a fresh SATA II drive, and the performance was terrible. (All tests use the same 850MB AVI file, copied from various locations) Copy from NAS to C: drive SATA - 3GB/s IDE - 10GB/s Copy from C: drive to D: drive SATA - 4GB/s IDE - 22GB/s Copy from C: drive to USB 2.0 external drive