This question is for a notebook but it could also pertain to a desktop, so thats why I'm asking it here.

I'm' trying to operate my XP pro notebook with my external esata hard drive enclosure (inside the enclosure is a sata wd 2.5 320 drive). as a boot drive.
The esata drive is connected to the "esata port"and powered seperatly on my notebook.The bios is configured to enable AHCI mode. The drive is recognized as a esata drive.
I also change the boot priority from the 160 gig internal drive (running XP Pro) to the 320 drive. The 320 drive (external enclosure) has a copy of the internal hard drive partition(to include XP pro) on it. I copied the entire partition to the new drive. Shouldn't this external drive boot up? All I get is a blinking cursor.
Any suggestions?


My goal is to run windows 7 on the external drive. Windows seven is currently on the internal drive and works as a dual boot. But I would prefer to relocate it to the external drive.

thanks in advance ......... Rich