vista beta into 40gb external device

When Vista Beta does become available; any thoughts about downloading the image/or saving the o.s. into a 40GB external drive? Won a Creative Nomad 40Gb jukebox from Microsoft!!! And in the Creative instructions;it states that it can be used for data files. Anybody tryed that yet? Any thoughts would be appreciated.

windows cannot boot from a usb device without some special tricks...
correct me if I am wrong
"Jeff" wrote in message

When Vista Beta does become available; any thoughts about downloading the image/or saving the o.s. into a 40GB external drive? Won a Creative Nomad 40Gb jukebox from Microsoft!!! And in the Creative instructions;it states that it can be used for data files. Anybody tryed that yet? Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Windows Vista does support installing on external or USB based drives. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Jeff" wrote in message

When Vista Beta does become available; any thoughts about downloading the image/or saving the o.s. into a 40GB external drive? Won a Creative Nomad 40Gb jukebox from Microsoft!!! And in the Creative instructions;it states that it can be used for data files. Anybody tryed that yet? Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Andre, Okey Dokey, Gonna have basic questions come tuesday;This new laptop has a 8x double layer dvd burner and sonic software to burn iso files;so get ready for -- Basic vista install to external drive 101--- lol
Jeff
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message

Windows Vista does support installing on external or USB based drives. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Jeff" wrote in message When Vista Beta does become available; any thoughts about downloading the image/or saving the o.s. into a 40GB external drive? Won a Creative Nomad 40Gb jukebox from Microsoft!!! And in the Creative instructions;it states that it can be used for data files. Anybody tryed that yet? Any thoughts would be appreciated.

I always say that anything is possible. I have read that they have been able to boot windows from external drives, but it needs some changes...and I dont know if vista can do it, since what I read was for XP.
"Jeff" wrote in message

Andre, Okey Dokey, Gonna have basic questions come tuesday;This new laptop has a 8x double layer dvd burner and sonic software to burn iso files;so get ready for -- Basic vista install to external drive 101--- lol
Jeff
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message Windows Vista does support installing on external or USB based drives. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Jeff" wrote in message When Vista Beta does become available; any thoughts about downloading the image/or saving the o.s. into a 40GB external drive? Won a Creative Nomad 40Gb jukebox from Microsoft!!! And in the Creative instructions;it states that it can be used for data files. Anybody tryed that yet? Any thoughts would be appreciated.

I envy you, I had to use Daemon Tools 4.03 64-bit to install 5381 x64. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Jeff" wrote in message

Andre, Okey Dokey, Gonna have basic questions come tuesday;This new laptop has a 8x double layer dvd burner and sonic software to burn iso files;so get ready for -- Basic vista install to external drive 101--- lol
Jeff
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message Windows Vista does support installing on external or USB based drives. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Jeff" wrote in message When Vista Beta does become available; any thoughts about downloading the image/or saving the o.s. into a 40GB external drive? Won a Creative Nomad 40Gb jukebox from Microsoft!!! And in the Creative instructions;it states that it can be used for data files. Anybody tryed that yet? Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Andre, Confused a little; I think this laptop is 32bit;I think. So having the dvd burner and Sonic to burn iso's is a good thing;right????? Envy; Heck I got all this stuff listening to what you guys recommended; lucky is more like it. If I didn't happen to get a loan for school;this laptop wouldn;t be here. And I'de be talking about my old Dimension 8300. Yup;you guys were right on the money!!! even had the upgrade advisor say "ready for ULTIMATE"
Jeff "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message

I envy you, I had to use Daemon Tools 4.03 64-bit to install 5381 x64. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Jeff" wrote in message Andre, Okey Dokey, Gonna have basic questions come tuesday;This new laptop has a 8x double layer dvd burner and sonic software to burn iso files;so get ready for -- Basic vista install to external drive 101--- lol
Jeff
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message Windows Vista does support installing on external or USB based drives. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Jeff" wrote in message When Vista Beta does become available; any thoughts about downloading the image/or saving the o.s. into a 40GB external drive? Won a Creative Nomad 40Gb jukebox from Microsoft!!! And in the Creative instructions;it states that it can be used for data files. Anybody tryed that yet? Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Sorry about the confusion, the 32-bit 5381 build of Vista is 4.3 GBs, but the 64-bit build is 4.9 GBs, which cannot hold on regular DVD 5 disk. You need a dual layer disk and DVD for that kinda ISO. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Jeff" wrote in message

Andre, Confused a little; I think this laptop is 32bit;I think. So having the dvd burner and Sonic to burn iso's is a good thing;right????? Envy; Heck I got all this stuff listening to what you guys recommended; lucky is more like it. If I didn't happen to get a loan for school;this laptop wouldn;t be here. And I'de be talking about my old Dimension 8300. Yup;you guys were right on the money!!! even had the upgrade advisor say "ready for ULTIMATE"
Jeff "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message I envy you, I had to use Daemon Tools 4.03 64-bit to install 5381 x64. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Jeff" wrote in message Andre, Okey Dokey, Gonna have basic questions come tuesday;This new laptop has a 8x double layer dvd burner and sonic software to burn iso files;so get ready for -- Basic vista install to external drive 101--- lol
Jeff
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message Windows Vista does support installing on external or USB based drives. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Jeff" wrote in message When Vista Beta does become available; any thoughts about downloading the image/or saving the o.s. into a 40GB external drive? Won a Creative Nomad 40Gb jukebox from Microsoft!!! And in the Creative instructions;it states that it can be used for data files. Anybody tryed that yet? Any thoughts would be appreciated.