Well Scott and Will, Of course it's not that easy! lol! I just double checked BootCamp on an external SSD and while it appears from the descriptions that you can use external drives for Windows BootCamp partitions, apparently you cannot. So my bad.
I'm betting this is hackable as I'd done things with Windows partitions in the past that are supposed to be impossible but right out of the box this seems not easily possible at the moment. My apologies if I've inadvertently done exactly what Thomas just spoke about recently! lol! Oops… I just wanted to double check and post this so no one wastes a bunch of time struggling with this. Anyway, night All and hope this helps… Smiles, Cara :) --- View my Online Portfolio at: http://www.onemodelplace.com/CaraQuinn Follow me on Twitter! https://twitter.com/ModelCara On Aug 25, 2013, at 5:43 PM, Scott Chesworth <[email protected]> wrote: Blimey, I didn't think it'd be quite so simple. I guess if you slim down the OS X installation, it's not much of a space hog really. Thanks for the tip, gonna make good use of it. Scott On 8/25/13, Cara Quinn <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Scott, I think we're on the same page. :) > > YOu'd install OSX on the external, and then boot from that. > > Once you'r up and running from the external, then you'd set up your BootCamp > partition from that same drive. > > Does this make sense? > > Thanks, > > Cara :) > --- > View my Online Portfolio at: > > http://www.onemodelplace.com/CaraQuinn > > Follow me on Twitter! > > https://twitter.com/ModelCara > > On Aug 24, 2013, at 2:08 PM, Scott Chesworth <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hey Cara, > > Just checking I'm following you with this, because I wasn't aware that > Boot Camp would run on anything other than the internal drive. Are you > saying that so long as the copy of OS X that you run the Boot Camp > creation wizard thingy from is running on an external, Boot Camp > itself will work on that same drive? I'm guessing it's not possible to > have Mac OS on the internal, and just the Boot Camp partition on an > external drive without having two copies of Mac OS, if you see what I > mean? > > Scott > > On 8/24/13, Cara Quinn <[email protected]> wrote: >> Absolutely! :) >> >> You can install your Mac OS on that and then you'll have as much space as >> you need. >> From there you can choose to use a VM or partition. >> >> to boot from the external you simply hold down Option at startup and >> select >> the drive as you normally would with any other bootable disc. >> >> It might actually even be cheaper to get a standard laptop drive and >> inclosure separately and install the drive yourself. This can be very >> easy >> to do. If you have not done this before than you probably want sighted >> help >> the first time, but once you learn it it's really easy to do on your own. >> >> Hope this helps and have a great weekend! >> >> Smiles, >> >> Cara :) >> --- >> View my Online Portfolio at: >> >> http://www.onemodelplace.com/CaraQuinn >> >> Follow me on Twitter! >> >> https://twitter.com/ModelCara >> >> On Aug 24, 2013, at 1:57 AM, Will <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> oh i can? >> >> On 24 Aug 2013, at 09:54, Cara Quinn <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> William, >>> >>> YOu can simply get a USB external HD or SSD and boot from that. So you >>> can >>> either run a VM on that or create a Windows partition on it. >>> >>> YOu'll have all the space you need and have it a lot cheaper than a >>> whole >>> new laptop. >>> >>> HTH >>> >>> Cara :) >>> --- >>> View my Online Portfolio at: >>> >>> http://www.onemodelplace.com/CaraQuinn >>> >>> Follow me on Twitter! >>> >>> https://twitter.com/ModelCara >>> >>> On Aug 24, 2013, at 1:17 AM, William Lomas <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> hi all as i have no room on my macbook air to put windows on yet still >>> want play games, what is a good cheap laptop i can get for windows use >>> to >>> run audio games? >>> i know netbooks are around but obviously their performance is not really >>> to be fair cut out for gaming >>> regards will >>> >>> >>> --- >>> Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] >>> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >>> [email protected]. >>> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >>> http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >>> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. >>> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the >>> list, >>> please send E-mail to [email protected]. >>> >>> >>> --- >>> Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] >>> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >>> [email protected]. >>> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >>> http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >>> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. >>> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the >>> list, >>> please send E-mail to [email protected]. >> >> >> --- >> Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] >> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >> [email protected]. >> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >> http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. >> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the >> list, >> please send E-mail to [email protected]. >> >> >> --- >> Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] >> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >> [email protected]. >> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >> http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. >> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the >> list, >> please send E-mail to [email protected]. >> > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [email protected]. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to [email protected]. > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [email protected]. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to [email protected]. > --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. 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