External boot camp?

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  1. zainiak, Aug 3, 2012

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    i would like to run windows off of an external 3.0 hard drive through bootcamp. is this possible? mainly for playing games, and i dont really want to lose and of the already samll 256 ssd in my rmb
     
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  2. ivoruest, Aug 3, 2012

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    Yes its possible. Don't expect great performance. Partition your drive to a bootable format with Disk Utility.
     
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  3. zainiak, Aug 3, 2012

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    why bad performance? Don't games run fine off an external drive? Especially since it's a usb 3.0
     
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  4. matthewtoney, Aug 3, 2012

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    Yes if you use a USB3 drive with good performance this works quite well.
     
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  5. zainiak, Aug 3, 2012

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    ok, but how do i make it bootable? as in install windows on it?
     
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  6. kimovski, Aug 3, 2012

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    tried both way (cloning the drive/install directly), i just got a blinking cursor while booting off..at the moment seems not possible. :(
     
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  7. zainiak, Aug 3, 2012

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    have you tried partitioning it through bootcamp and installing it on the external? dont know if its possible because i havent recieved my macbook yet
     
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