"Iplant" wrote

> But I could get the full version and install it to the partition I have
> the
> Beta on; is this right? I refuse to buy another card to watch TV...one a
> year is my limit and I have been told my AIW 2006 is trashy just get a TV
> tuner. It's the principal!

> "Rock" wrote:
>
>> "Iplant" wrote
>>
>> > sorry...I recently purchased a W/D Book (250) external hard
>> > drive...seems
>> > to
>> > work great on XP but Vista is now very slow to boot up. The screen is
>> > black
>> > for a good 20 seconds before loading. Does anyone know why? Anything
>> > I
>> > could adjust?
>> >
>> > Also; I am curious, could I install Vista to this external hard drive
>> > using
>> > the full version and leave XP installed?
>>
>>
>> I have seen this effect on one system with XP, with the external WD drive
>> attached at boot up there is a 30 second delay before it boots. It's a
>> BIOS
>> issue.
>>
>> No, Vista can't run from an external hard drive.

I'm not sure I understand for sure what you are asking since you never
mentioned anything about a TV card in your first post. Yes you can use a
full version of Vista to install to an internal hard drive even if a
partition on it had a Beta release of Vista. You just can't install to /
run Vista on an external, USB drive.

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Rock [MVP - User/Shell]