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I know it is difficult to install Windows 7 on an external hard drive.

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However, it is not as difficult installing mac OS to an external hard drive (at least that is what Ive read).

Would it be possible to install mac OS onto an external hard drive, boot from that external and partition it with bootcamp again, then, boot windows from that partition on the external Sorry if that was confusing.

I guess you didnt read the Sticky post about Not just anything goes in the Anything Goes forum.

I tried partitioning my internal before and not only was space on the drive lost due to partition, the computer seemed much slower overall anyway.

Since the tasks I would need to use windows for wouldnt be too in depth, it doesnt really matter how slow windows runs.

I like how fast the mac is and would rather install a slow windows partition on a usb than to slow the overall speed of my mac.

When I booted from the external and opened bootcamp I got a message that said something like bootcamp is not able partition mac OS on an external hard drive.

Anyway, my next step is going to be attempt using vmware fusion to partition the drive.

And to be honest, Im not sure if Fusion will be able to either.

I currently have XP running in a Fusion VM and Windows 7 on a BC partition.

I booted from the external into OS and then I used vmware fusion to install windows as a virtual machine.

If anyone would like me to go into more depth of how I accomplished this just let me know.

Your Windows installation is virtual; in other words, its a large file containing Windows.

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