Can You Install Win 7 To A SD Card?
I have looked around the net a bit to see if this was possible, and I have received mixed feelings after my findings.
I recently purchased a new Toshiba Satellite that came with Windows Vista, and a free upgrade to Windows 7 on release.
I am wondering if I am able to put a 32GB SDHC card into the read slot and have it be considered my main hard drive that Windows is on, and use the internal drive (which I swapped out for a Scorpio Black) as storage.
Why, or why not?
View Replies (Posted: 09-07-2009)
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