Here follows my notes on how to move an existing installation of Microsoft Windows XP SP2 to an external USB hard drive so that it boots from that drive. I hope others find it useful.Why?!?!? What for?!?!? In October 2006, my laptop mysteriously started locking up after a few minutes of being turned on. After a great deal of messing around with it, I discovered that the electrical connection for the primary IDE interface on the Southbridge had become fried by a loose screw the system assembler had accidentally left inside the case.
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