Multiple HDD's and Bootcamp... [Archive]

TheSalmonThief

Aug 20, 2006, 11:40 PM

Ok, I have a 2.16GHz 15" MacBook Pro, and I don't really want to use up hard drive space with Windows and BootCamp. However, I've got 2-3 unused external drives sitting around, so, my question is:

Can I plug an external drive into my MBP via USB, install Windows via BootCamp on that and be good to go? How does that work? :\

edit: Let me rephrase. I have games and a few apps that require Windows to run, that I need to run on my MacBook Pro, and I have a USB external drive to put Windows on. How do I do it? :P

robbieduncan

Aug 21, 2006, 06:48 AM

As far as I am aware no. The latest BootCamp beta lets you install on any INTERNAL drive but not external.

bearbo

Aug 21, 2006, 07:39 AM

Ok, I have a 2.16GHz 15" MacBook Pro, and I don't really want to use up hard drive space with Windows and BootCamp. However, I've got 2-3 unused external drives sitting around, so, my question is:

Can I plug an external drive into my MBP via USB, install Windows via BootCamp on that and be good to go? How does that work? :\

edit: Let me rephrase. I have games and a few apps that require Windows to run, that I need to run on my MacBook Pro, and I have a USB external drive to put Windows on. How do I do it? :P

go search around, there's many many threads on that, in short, it require you to stil dedicate 5gb on your internal, and you'll have to modify the xp installation a bit. for detail, just do some search, you'll find plenty. (and it's good practice to search for some answers before start a thread)