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Running A Separate PC On A Different Hard Disk Drive
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i have an extertnal hardrive (500gb) and i want to run a seperate operating system on it, is this possible? and if so how? (im wanting to run some form of linux on it but i do have a pirated version of windows ultimate)
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It might be possible using eSATA, but I doubt it's possible with USB or Firewire; it is also a very bad idea.
First: USB is slow (USB 3.0 might be OK, but still much slower than native SATA).
Second: Windows installs some drivers DURING installation, moving the drive to another PC after could therefore make the whole thing crash or make the installation a drive mess that will slow the thing even further.
Third: An OEM license, what most people have, is tied to the motherboard, moving the drive would therefore invalidate the license.
First: USB is slow (USB 3.0 might be OK, but still much slower than native SATA).
Second: Windows installs some drivers DURING installation, moving the drive to another PC after could therefore make the whole thing crash or make the installation a drive mess that will slow the thing even further.
Third: An OEM license, what most people have, is tied to the motherboard, moving the drive would therefore invalidate the license.
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