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Installing windows and booting from external USB HDD

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sids Original post #1
Feb 20, 2006 at 5:28 PM
I have a HP laptop and a AMD 2800 based desktop both running Windows XP Professional. I recently bought a 80 GB external usb Hard Disk. How do i make this hard disk bootable so that I can boot from it either on my home PC or my Laptop.

Thanks

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vinaypatel #2
Feb 21, 2006 at 5:03 PM
use bootmagic that provide option to boot PC from other hard disk ,but it is working fine for desktop i don't know abt Laptops