External hard drive as Windows?

[sevencities89]

Is this possible?

I've got a spare external hard drive and would be great if I could put Windows 7 on it.

 

[tekkierich]

No can do. This is more a limitation of Windows than anything else. Windows does not support booting from firewire or USB due to how they load their drivers.

 

[sushi]

Is this possible?

I've got a spare external hard drive and would be great if I could put Windows 7 on it.

While you can't boot from an external HD.

However, you could use VMware Fusion or Parallels to run via virtualization which might serve your needs.