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Installed Games to Direct Play

I want to convert my favorite installed games into a "direct play" format. I have several physical PC game discs that I still play a lot, but it becomes extremely frustrating whenever I have to ...
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Can't install win 7 off a external drive

To cut a long story short, i followed the steps here : http://www.intowindows.com/how-to-install-windows-7vist... so that i can install win 7 64 bit off my external HDD. When i select to boot from ...
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Installing Windows 8 onto an external hdd without affecting the MBR

I wish to install Windows 8 on a laptop's external USB HDD. Is this the best and safest way to do it? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vo27iz1Q3x8
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OS X installation on an external HDD

I am planning to install a second OS X on an external HDD, I was wondering when I boot in external HDD will it in any ways affect my first OS X installation? Will it have the permissions to write or ...
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Installing Windows from External HDD

I have external hard drive with some data (movies, music, apps, etc.) and I am wondering whether I can use it as bootable HDD to install windows from it, I have installer on my second PC and I am not ...
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What do I need to do to install Windows onto my new SSD?

I am in the process of building a new computer, and while I'm still waiting on the important parts of the computer, like the CPU and the Motherboard, my 120 GB Solid State drive has arrived, and I ...
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Install Windows XP on a removable hard drive

I've got a hard drive connected to my PC with eSATA. I'd like to install Windows XP on it without having to reboot the computer. What is the best/easiest/quickest way of doing this? I plan on ...
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Can I install Windows 7 on my Seagate Expansion (External) Harddisk?

Well, as you guys must be aware that harddisk prices are at peak these days and I don't want to buy a new harddisk at such an high price, so I am having Seagate Expansion 2TB harddisk, any ideas if i ...
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Install OS X or Windows 7 from an external HDD? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to setup Windows from an external hard drive? I want to install an OS (Mac OS X, Windows 7 or 8 beta) from my external HDD, since I don't have any USB sticks or ...
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How can I install Windows 7 from an external hard drive?

I followed the instructions here, but format fs=fat32 quick did not work, it gave the following error: Virtual Disk Service error: The volume size is too big. So I then tried just format ...
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Installing Linux to external hard drive without burning a CD

Question I'm at a loss for where my USB sticks/CDs are. I want to install Linux on an external hard drive connected via USB without burning a CD/finding a flash drive. This seems like it would be ...
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Installing Ubuntu on an External Drive

I am trying to install ububtu on an external drive. I am a programmer who wants to start using Linux. I downloaded the usb installer from the ubuntu website and followed all the steps. But when ...
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Installing XP to external hard drive for another PC

I have two laptops, and have removed the harddrive from laptop number one and formatted it. Is it possible to install Xp Pro (from CD) onto the harddrive (using external usb cable) from laptop number ...
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Installing Windows 7 on a Netbook using a USB harddrive

Is there any way that I can use a USB harddrive to install Windows 7 on my Netbook? The Netbook is without a CD-ROM drive. I've got the Windows 7 installation as an ISO-file, if that helps?
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Installing XP through USB-to-IDE/SATA connector?

To help someone reinstall a corrupt XP install on his IDE or SATA drive in a older desktop box (hence no Vista/W7), I was thinking of asking him to bring his harddrive and meet at Starbucks, and I ...
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How do I install Windows XP from an external hard drive?

I'm trying to install Windows XP Media Center edition by copying the install disc image to an external hard drive and making it bootable. Has anyone had success getting this to work on systems that ...
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Install Windows XP to USB Hard Drive and Run from It

I wanted to know if there was a way (that worked!) to both Install and Run Windows XP Pro from a USB 2.0 connected Hard Drive. My system does allow to boot from external usb hard drive, but when I ...
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How to setup Windows from an external hard drive?

Is it possible to install Windows from an external hard drive? I have Windows XP installed on my laptop, and I want to remove it and install Windows 7. My Windows 7 installation is in an .iso format ...
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Installing Windows XP on an external hard drive?

I am going to be using eSATA connection. What r the advantages and disadvantages of doing this?
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Can I install Windows OS (Windows 7) on a removable USB hard drive?

I wanted to take a sneak peak at Windows 7 so I thought of installing it. I have Windows Vista on my laptop which came pre-installed with it. I didnt want to mess with it. So I created a partition ...