Comments on: Install Windows to a Macintosh USB drive (without Bootcamp). http://tubeshards.wordpress.com/2006/12/05/install-windows-to-a-macintosh-usb-drive/ sharp little beasties Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:37:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: Foam http://tubeshards.wordpress.com/2006/12/05/install-windows-to-a-macintosh-usb-drive/#comment-2246 Foam Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:27:18 +0000 http://tubeshards.wordpress.com/2006/12/05/install-windows-to-a-macintosh-usb-drive/#comment-2246 Sorry about the typo, meant to say Hey Guys... Sorry about the typo, meant to say Hey Guys…

]]> By: Foam http://tubeshards.wordpress.com/2006/12/05/install-windows-to-a-macintosh-usb-drive/#comment-2245 Foam Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:25:48 +0000 http://tubeshards.wordpress.com/2006/12/05/install-windows-to-a-macintosh-usb-drive/#comment-2245 Hey Guy, Just wondering: Could I just install XP/Vista on a internal hard drive on a PC and then just put it in an external enclosure and plug it into my iMac and try booting into it? Has anyone tried this? Since I have an iMac, removing the internal hard drive is not an option... P.S: My Setup- XP currently on Boot Camp...and want to put Vista on another drive and connect it externally to my iMac... Hey Guy,

Just wondering:

Could I just install XP/Vista on a internal hard drive on a PC and then just put it in an external enclosure and plug it into my iMac and try booting into it?

Has anyone tried this?

Since I have an iMac, removing the internal hard drive is not an option…

P.S:
My Setup-
XP currently on Boot Camp…and want to put Vista on another drive and connect it externally to my iMac…

]]> By: 56frk http://tubeshards.wordpress.com/2006/12/05/install-windows-to-a-macintosh-usb-drive/#comment-2244 56frk Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:59:53 +0000 http://tubeshards.wordpress.com/2006/12/05/install-windows-to-a-macintosh-usb-drive/#comment-2244 I get the "your startup program cannot access the partition you have selected…" message as well. I have the latest low end iMac (April 2008). I get the “your startup program cannot access the partition you have selected…” message as well.
I have the latest low end iMac (April 2008).

]]> By: tim http://tubeshards.wordpress.com/2006/12/05/install-windows-to-a-macintosh-usb-drive/#comment-2243 tim Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:51:38 +0000 http://tubeshards.wordpress.com/2006/12/05/install-windows-to-a-macintosh-usb-drive/#comment-2243 nice guide,, thanks nice guide,, thanks

]]> By: mac modifying iso images http://tubeshards.wordpress.com/2006/12/05/install-windows-to-a-macintosh-usb-drive/#comment-2242 mac modifying iso images Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:09:22 +0000 http://tubeshards.wordpress.com/2006/12/05/install-windows-to-a-macintosh-usb-drive/#comment-2242 [...] Windows install disk. ... Then I dragged the iso image to the mac side and used Toast to burn ...http://tubeshards.wordpress.com/2006/12/05/install-windows-to-a-macintosh-usb-drive/Many Systems on a PowerBook: MiscellaneousDarwin is the open-source operating system technology [...] [...] Windows install disk. … Then I dragged the iso image to the mac side and used Toast to burn …http://tubeshards.wordpress.com/2006/12/05/install-windows-to-a-macintosh-usb-drive/Many Systems on a PowerBook: MiscellaneousDarwin is the open-source operating system technology [...]

]]> By: Wisey http://tubeshards.wordpress.com/2006/12/05/install-windows-to-a-macintosh-usb-drive/#comment-2239 Wisey Fri, 23 May 2008 12:17:48 +0000 http://tubeshards.wordpress.com/2006/12/05/install-windows-to-a-macintosh-usb-drive/#comment-2239 Hi, I also had the same problem as a lot of later posts "your startup program cannot access the partition you have selected..." I am trying it on a new (march 2008) macbook. I think the fact that so many later comments have this problem while the earlier ones were fine suggests that it is a problem with the current firmware. Does anyone know, if I make install XP on the USB drive using a PC will it still work to boot the macbook afterwards? As a sidenote, the new firmware does allow you to boot from a USB disk, I have upgraded my internal HD and I have the factory one (with OSX on) in an external casing and I can boot from that plugged into the UCB with no problems. Hi, I also had the same problem as a lot of later posts “your startup program cannot access the partition you have selected…”
I am trying it on a new (march 2008) macbook. I think the fact that so many later comments have this problem while the earlier ones were fine suggests that it is a problem with the current firmware.

Does anyone know, if I make install XP on the USB drive using a PC will it still work to boot the macbook afterwards?

As a sidenote, the new firmware does allow you to boot from a USB disk, I have upgraded my internal HD and I have the factory one (with OSX on) in an external casing and I can boot from that plugged into the UCB with no problems.

]]> By: Steven http://tubeshards.wordpress.com/2006/12/05/install-windows-to-a-macintosh-usb-drive/#comment-2237 Steven Sun, 04 May 2008 10:17:21 +0000 http://tubeshards.wordpress.com/2006/12/05/install-windows-to-a-macintosh-usb-drive/#comment-2237 Hello people I have some questions I would like to ask because I am trying freaking hard but I do not succeed. Thank you in advanse! To all the people who did succeed. 1) Where and how do I install the bootcamp drivers? On the same cd as the modified iso? if so, somewhere specific (folder / location? 2)Which firmware verison was installed during the install? I think the leatest firmware upgrades prevents you from installing on a usb drive and that means downgrading the firmware. 3) What where / are the specs of your macine at the time you where working on it? There is a possibility it just wont work due the fact that the new machines (macbooks for sure) have different hardware configurations than the older (1&2nd generations macbooks). 4) Can anyone possible make a torrent of a functional cd and post the link, or even better, sent it by regular mail i'll pay you for it :D Well thank you very much for answering the questions amd I hope I will succeed in the nearby future (please excuse me for my moderate english, this language is not my native language) Hello people I have some questions I would like to ask because I am trying freaking hard but I do not succeed. Thank you in advanse!

To all the people who did succeed.

1) Where and how do I install the bootcamp drivers? On the same cd as the modified iso? if so, somewhere specific (folder / location?

2)Which firmware verison was installed during the install? I think the leatest firmware upgrades prevents you from installing on a usb drive and that means downgrading the firmware.

3) What where / are the specs of your macine at the time you where working on it? There is a possibility it just wont work due the fact that the new machines (macbooks for sure) have different hardware configurations than the older (1&2nd generations macbooks).

4) Can anyone possible make a torrent of a functional cd and post the link, or even better, sent it by regular mail i’ll pay you for it :D

Well thank you very much for answering the questions amd I hope I will succeed in the nearby future (please excuse me for my moderate english, this language is not my native language)

]]> By: gdzie jest bootcamp??? - MyApple.pl http://tubeshards.wordpress.com/2006/12/05/install-windows-to-a-macintosh-usb-drive/#comment-2236 gdzie jest bootcamp??? - MyApple.pl Sat, 03 May 2008 21:01:39 +0000 http://tubeshards.wordpress.com/2006/12/05/install-windows-to-a-macintosh-usb-drive/#comment-2236 [...] na zew dysku ale jakoś się da (chociaż jest to trochę problematyczne) Install Windows to a Macintosh USB drive (without Bootcamp). Tube Shards Komputer: Mac mini Core Duo 1,83 GHz, 2GB RAM (10.5.2) + Majto Mysz i Alu Keyboard Odtwarzacz: [...] [...] na zew dysku ale jakoś się da (chociaż jest to trochę problematyczne) Install Windows to a Macintosh USB drive (without Bootcamp). Tube Shards Komputer: Mac mini Core Duo 1,83 GHz, 2GB RAM (10.5.2) + Majto Mysz i Alu Keyboard Odtwarzacz: [...]

]]> By: Mat http://tubeshards.wordpress.com/2006/12/05/install-windows-to-a-macintosh-usb-drive/#comment-2235 Mat Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:33:43 +0000 http://tubeshards.wordpress.com/2006/12/05/install-windows-to-a-macintosh-usb-drive/#comment-2235 Hi I have now tried this on the first generation of Macbook and the latest Macbook generation and the result is the same i cannot access the external usb drive to install. So i have tried this on a dell cpu and that worked perfectly, so i guess it is the FW that is the issue. :( Hi

I have now tried this on the first generation of Macbook and the latest Macbook generation and the result is the same i cannot access the external usb drive to install.
So i have tried this on a dell cpu and that worked perfectly, so i guess it is the FW that is the issue. :(

]]> By: usb Dani http://tubeshards.wordpress.com/2006/12/05/install-windows-to-a-macintosh-usb-drive/#comment-2234 usb Dani Mon, 07 Apr 2008 07:04:19 +0000 http://tubeshards.wordpress.com/2006/12/05/install-windows-to-a-macintosh-usb-drive/#comment-2234 Does this work on a Macbook Air too? I heard you need the external USB Drive for Vista? Does this work on a Macbook Air too? I heard you need the external USB Drive for Vista?

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