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iJohnE
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16 Jun, 2009 5:25 pm External DVD Drive [sdp=96970]  

I just bought an older computer, from a woman I work with.
It needs three major upgrades:

DVD-Drive
More Ram (256MB, man is it slow!)
and a new Graphics Card (The one presently is not bad or anything, just not so great.)

I was wondering, if it was possible to install Vista/Win7 on an external DVD drive, which would save me the hassle of installing one.

Anyone know?

Thanks,
John

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stoperror
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16 Jun, 2009 7:17 pm [sdp=96971]  

Yes it should be possible.

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Don_HH2K
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16 Jun, 2009 7:54 pm [sdp=96973]  

Before doing anything, make sure the system is capable of booting from a USB device, otherwise you may end up with an external DVD drive that doesn't actually do anything from you. Usually there will be a section in the BIOS setup program where you'll be able to select boot priority for a USB device, if it is indeed capable of booting from one.

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iJohnE
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16 Jun, 2009 7:59 pm [sdp=96974]  

I've booted from my Flash drive to Ubuntu before, so I know the option is there.

Thanks for the help.

Next question, how would I go about networking an external HD?

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richard mitnick
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18 Jun, 2009 12:14 pm [sdp=96995]  

I bought an external DVD writer for my netbook which runs WinXP. the Atom N270 processor, and 1 gig of DRAM. In fact, I actually bought two; an LG and an HP. They both work just fine.

>>RSM

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