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Windows 7 on external drive, can I dual boot?
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<blockquote data-quote="Slydude" data-source="post: 1776333" data-attributes="member: 131855"><p>Someone more fluent with Windows on Mac than I am may chime in with better answers but fwiw here is my take on the matter:</p><p>1. I don't think you are going to get Windows 7 to boot from an external drive. If it works at all it will be something of a pain to set up. Microsoft anti-piracy measures are designed to prevent someone from running it on an external drive. </p><p>2. I think that you could run the installation from within a virtual machine if Windows is installed on an external drive but I am not sure.</p><p>3. Your Mac can read ntfs drive with no issues but writing to the ntfs drive requires third-party software. My software of choice for this is from <a href="https://www.paragon-software.com/ufsdhome/ntfs-mac/" target="_blank">Paragon Software</a>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Slydude, post: 1776333, member: 131855"] Someone more fluent with Windows on Mac than I am may chime in with better answers but fwiw here is my take on the matter: 1. I don't think you are going to get Windows 7 to boot from an external drive. If it works at all it will be something of a pain to set up. Microsoft anti-piracy measures are designed to prevent someone from running it on an external drive. 2. I think that you could run the installation from within a virtual machine if Windows is installed on an external drive but I am not sure. 3. Your Mac can read ntfs drive with no issues but writing to the ntfs drive requires third-party software. My software of choice for this is from [URL="https://www.paragon-software.com/ufsdhome/ntfs-mac/"]Paragon Software[/URL]. [/QUOTE]
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