install windows 7 on external hdd

[prowinux]

hi guys again

i may dont know what im doing so please if someone can help it will be very help full and sorry for ma bad english im from morocco

here is my problem

i have a core 2 duo dell vostro laptop with just one usb plug the flex cable between mother and sata controller is broke so the laptop wont know the hard disk

so i did this and im stuck in this part :

first i toke usb hub and sata to usb hard drive so i make modification so i can have this

the hub connected to the real usb and then hub got the external hard drive and the the external dvd reader

so when i start the installation it stops on windows cant install on ieee or external hard drive so i need to know how to install windows 7 on an external hard drive

any way thanx and have a nice day guys

[Tripredacus]

It is probably going to be better to not do a standard install to the USB HDD and instead do a VHD install on it. I haven't tried something like this myself, but I found some leads.

http://reboot.pro/15516/

http://reboot.pro/15815/

[cdob]

how to install windows 7 on an external hard drive

NT 6.x fast installer: install win7 directly to usb extenal drive

http://reboot.pro/10126/page__p__88282#entry88282