Installing Win 7 on external sata HD and setting up grub consequently.

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Hi guys.

Theres a question goin around my head for a certain time. Is it possible to install Win 7 on an external sata HD? And, most of all, is it possible to set up grub 2 making it recognize the new system installed on the external HD, making it bootable?

Thanks in advance!

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> Theres a question goin around my head for a certain time. Is it
> possible to install Win 7 on an external sata HD?
I don’t know, never install win7, but I think it will overwrite your
grub as winxp does

And, most of all, is
> it possible to set up grub 2 making it recognize the new system
> installed on the external HD, making it bootable?
I never use grub2, but I trust it is posible

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On 2011-12-19 19:26, xaber1488 wrote:
>
> Hi guys.
>
> Theres a question goin around my head for a certain time. Is it
> possible to install Win 7 on an external sata HD?

Typically, we do it the other way round, we install Windows first. I do not
know about the external drive. You could try, making a full backup of the
Linux side first, just in case.

> And, most of all, is
> it possible to set up grub 2 making it recognize the new system
> installed on the external HD, making it bootable?

If you can install it by hand, yes. Automatically with YaST, no.

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Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” at Telcontar)