(One such post describes how to modify a current installation to run from an external drive.) Last revised in March 2006, the process has been tested against a number of different configurations and seems to work transparently, although it's definitely not a supported configuration and should only be used by those brave enough to try it! The site also maintains a forum for feedback and success/failure stories with this technique. Certainly not Emanuel Schleussinger and his cronies at Ngine software, who have created a guide to building an installation of Windows XP that can be booted from a USB hard drive.
At least not until standards in computing change.īut some people just don't take no for an answer.
Tells me this isn't possible, and Microsoft's own word on the subject is a flat no - that a USB storage device cannot be the primary means of storage.
