I have a 2008 Macbook Pro 15-inch running Lion(10.7.3). I want to install windows 7, but i want to use a external hard drive. Is that possible?
MacBook Pro (15-inch Late 2008), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
That's correct, Windows will not boot or run from an external drive.
Can I help with any other question?
I think the way to go is to install onto the Mac properly...we just didn't want to affect performance
nick0401 wrote:
I think the way to go is to install onto the Mac properly...we just didn't want to affect performance
That is correct. Boot Camp will not affect the performance of OSX, they are seperate installations.
ok- thanks. We have 100GB for OSX partition, and 20GB for Windows; will this sudden lack of available space for OSX slow down the Mac- do you think? This is the main thing which we want to avoid!
20GB for Windows 7 or 8 is far too small, think 50GB minimum, 100GB for good performance and room to install programs.
How much space is on your HDD and how much is free?
Our OSX drive is now 100GB, 65GB free, and the Windows drive is only 20GB but running fine...it's only needed for one (accounts) program.
Does OSX need a certain amount of memory free to run smoothly? Would an external drive help or does the free space need to be on the primary hdd? Thanks!
nick0401 wrote:
Our OSX drive is now 100GB, 65GB free, and the Windows drive is only 20GB but running fine...it's only needed for one (accounts) program.
Does OSX need a certain amount of memory free to run smoothly? Would an external drive help or does the free space need to be on the primary hdd? Thanks!
OSX needs 10G of free space to run (this is HDD space, not memory) 2 or 4G of memory as well. The space needs to be on the internal (startup) drive.
Your Windows partition is far too small, make sure to keep regular backups of any data contained there.
"Booting Windows from external hard drive is possible:
In external HD install Mac OS X, and then install windows to same drive via bootcamp.
Delete Mac OS X partition, Resize Windows partition to size you want. VOILA
I tried, it works."
Has anyone tried this?
i know that windows needs to boot of an internal hd unless its thunderbolt, but for some reason im sure theres a way it can owrk with any external hdd
Boot Camp on External Hard Drive
