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November 25
[edit source]Running Windows via External Hard Drive
[edit source]I am going to be running Windows on my Mac via an installation on an external hard drive. My question is... Could I use the hard drive I already have (stores my iTunes, videos, that sort of thing) for my Mac, and install the bootable Windows on a partition of it, without causing any errors? Cheers. Hubydane (talk) 10:17, 25 November 2014 (UTC)
- Yes. But unless you already have a partition on your external drive, you might want to back up the data before you start creating new partitions on it. --Wirbelwind(ヴィルヴェルヴィント) 22:38, 25 November 2014 (UTC)
- Wirbelwind is right here.
- Microsoft doesn't handle partitions properly; for example, Windows 7 can overwrite existing NTFS partitions (made by Windows XP!) if you make the installer create a new partition, a bug / "feature" which flies in the face of the whole partitioning concept. I'd guess it could be even worse with Mac partitions. 217.255.140.169 (talk) 07:48, 28 November 2014 (UTC)