Can I Dual Boot XP and with Windows 7 from my External Hard drive? -

I have only 10gb of space left on my laptops hard drive with XP on it. Can I install Windows 7 on my external hard drive, and dualboot that way? My external hard drive also has files on it so I d rather it not be formatted by installing Windows 7 on it, if that s possible? Thanks!

it needs to be Internal you need to upgrade your laptop hard drive it wont install on a external one.

Here is a guide to booting Windows 7 from an external HDD: http://www.istartedsomething.com/2008110... I cannot vouch for the guide’s validity because it is not a Microsoft site, but based on the comments it looks like it works. Jeff Windows Outreach Team