Windows on External HD

RE1Do

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Hi All,
My Acer Aspire V5-531-4439 just crashed, and I believe the hard drive has failed. When I attempt to re-install windows, I am treated with the following: "Windows cannot be installed to this disk. The disk may fail soon. If other hard disks are available, install Windows to another location."

My question is, if I had an external HD, could I install & boot windows from it? There IS an option to boot from external USB HD in the BIOS menu (which I could set to top priority).

What do you guys think? Thanks!
 
Solution
The vid is explaining how to install windows from an external hdd. You cannot install windows 7 on an external hdd. It's also quite old and there are easier ways.

RE1Do

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Thanks for the response!

So Win7 will in fact boot and run from an external HD?

 

RE1Do

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Shit. Ok, so it's not possible to install Win7 ON an external HD?