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Has anyone modified a Acer Aspire 3680 so it can boot XP and windows 7 off of a USB connected Hard drive?

I get blue screen of death. I know there is some guy that has reloaded the OS so when it boots it doesn't shut off USB. I think that is what is causing blue screen of death. Also the hard drive is a SATA and was removed from the ACER and put in a dual cable USB enclosure.
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rabeye rabeye
 
April 19, 2009 05:53 AM
Give this a look or check Lifehacker.com
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http://thetechnicist.typepad.com/the_technicist/2008/12/windows-7-beta-1-ne...


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jminni jminni
 
April 19, 2009 07:13 PM
This is to install from an external not to install on an external.
Windows 7 doesn't permit you to install on an external usb. However, I have been able to install it on an internal and then remove the internal from the laptop and put it into an external case. Unfortunately this is when the bluescreen comes up because it shuts off USB and turn's it back on as part of the boot up process - if I were able to stop it from doing that then it would complete the boot process and run off of external usb. Thanks for trying though!

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jminni jminni
 
August 31, 2009 03:50 AM
I am sad because I know with certain laptops people have done it. I thought I did it one time with an Acer laptop and an external drive. However, I have not been able to duplicate it.

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