PCI slots do not define the PCI bus. You have a PCI bus, trust me.

"Iplant" <Iplant@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks Colin...I'll save that for future reference...no PCI slots...only
> AGP.
> I do have two hard drives in this PC one 80 and one 250. I'll just
> continue
> to use the external drive for web building, backups and music.
>
> Now another question...I have XP and Vista on the 250 partitioned drive (C
> and E) The smaller drive is just for backup(D). When I get the full
> version
> of Vista should I install it on D and kill the 5744 version from E or just
> re-install XP on D and format C/E so that it will become all Vita? In
> other
> words...who goes first onto the larger drive?
>
> ---always learning
>
>
> "Colin Barnhorst" wrote:
>
>> An external hard drive needs to connect to the PCI bus, not the USB bus,
>> in
>> order to boot a Windows OS. I use external SATA drives connected to SATA
>> ports on the back of my test computer. I booted Vista all through the
>> beta
>> this way because the arrangement is equivalent to having additional SATA
>> connectors on the mobo. I beleive that the same arrangement works with
>> scsi
>> drives as well. USB drive enclosures cannot be used in the same way.
>>
>> "Iplant" <Iplant@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:244A395C-64DC-41CB-8B5F-7B53671504A9@microsoft.com...
>> > 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?
>> > --
>> > always learning
>>
>>