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User profile for user: danegeld
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VMWare Fusion, Windows 7, and ExpressCard SSD

I'm considering putting Windows 7 on my late-2009 17" MacBook Pro. The MBP has a 128Gb SSD and I also have a 48Gb FileMate ExpressCard SSD that I'd like to use for the Windows installation, rather than take up more space on the internal SSD (yeah, now I'm wishing I'd gotten the 256Gb internal SSD). Is this possible?

17" late-2009 MBP, Mac OS X (10.6.1)

Posted on Nov 5, 2009 7:32 AM

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Community User

Nov 5, 2009 7:46 AM in response to danegeld

ExpressCard isn't supported in the BIOS as bootable, no.

Can you even boot Mac OS X off ExpressCard?

You could pull the internal SSD and upgrade to another model.

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