How do I install external usb hard drive for Vista in a dual boot

I want to install Vista on a usb external hard drive with C: remaining for
XP. When I went to do a clean install on E:, the Vista installer tells me
that it can not install Vista on a external usb or IEEE drive. Is this a
fixable problem? Why would Vista care about the external drive being usb or
IEEE. Please help so I don't have to partition my small internal hard drive.

I am using a Dell Inspiron E1505 with 60hd, 2mb ram.

You can not install Vista to an external USB hard drive.

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"jcoane" <jcoane@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I want to install Vista on a usb external hard drive with C: remaining for
> XP. When I went to do a clean install on E:, the Vista installer tells me
> that it can not install Vista on a external usb or IEEE drive. Is this a
> fixable problem? Why would Vista care about the external drive being usb
> or
> IEEE. Please help so I don't have to partition my small internal hard
> drive.
>
> I am using a Dell Inspiron E1505 with 60hd, 2mb ram.

Windows Vista can only be installed successfully on an internal hard drive.

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User

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"jcoane" wrote:

I want to install Vista on a usb external hard drive with C: remaining for
XP. When I went to do a clean install on E:, the Vista installer tells me
that it can not install Vista on a external usb or IEEE drive. Is this a
fixable problem? Why would Vista care about the external drive being usb or
IEEE. Please help so I don't have to partition my small internal hard drive.

I am using a Dell Inspiron E1505 with 60hd, 2mb ram.

It can be installed on an external SATA if you have that available.

"jcoane" <jcoane@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1FB2657E-CBD7-46A0-92E1-A66DC52FA6C7@microsoft.com...
>I want to install Vista on a usb external hard drive with C: remaining for
> XP. When I went to do a clean install on E:, the Vista installer tells me
> that it can not install Vista on a external usb or IEEE drive. Is this a
> fixable problem? Why would Vista care about the external drive being usb
> or
> IEEE. Please help so I don't have to partition my small internal hard
> drive.
>
> I am using a Dell Inspiron E1505 with 60hd, 2mb ram.