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I have Ubuntu Mate 18.04 installed on a Dell Latitude XT2. I took the original hard drive out of the laptop that has Windows 7 Pro installed on it, and put it into an HDD USB case.
Is there a way to boot Windows from the external hard drive?
I have gone into the BIOS settings and it just wont seem to recognize the USB/external HDD.
The only way I can get Windows to boot now, is to physically replace the hard drive.



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  • Ubuntu is installed on 1 hard drive, Windows on another
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  • Your question is hardware specific and barely related to Ubuntu (thus possibly off-topic). Some machines allow external boot (I'd expect yours to by selecting USB boot but some latitudes only boot if a single usb-storage device is installed so ensure you have only one installed) but your machine is only limited to whatever the BIOS/uefi will allow to boot. You may be able to add an item to grub on your Ubuntu/grub that chainloads the external drive - but this could be machine specific too (I've only used it for internal drives)
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I have Ubuntu Mate 18.04 installed on a Dell Latitude XT2. I took the original hard drive out of the laptop that has Windows 7 Pro installed on it, and put it into an HDD USB case.
Is there a way to boot Windows from the external hard drive?
I have gone into the BIOS settings and it just wont seem to recognize the USB/external HDD.
The only way I can get Windows to boot now, is to physically replace the hard drive.



Any help would be appreciated.






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  • Ubuntu is installed on 1 hard drive, Windows on another
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  • Your question is hardware specific and barely related to Ubuntu (thus possibly off-topic). Some machines allow external boot (I'd expect yours to by selecting USB boot but some latitudes only boot if a single usb-storage device is installed so ensure you have only one installed) but your machine is only limited to whatever the BIOS/uefi will allow to boot. You may be able to add an item to grub on your Ubuntu/grub that chainloads the external drive - but this could be machine specific too (I've only used it for internal drives)
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I have Ubuntu Mate 18.04 installed on a Dell Latitude XT2. I took the original hard drive out of the laptop that has Windows 7 Pro installed on it, and put it into an HDD USB case.
Is there a way to boot Windows from the external hard drive?
I have gone into the BIOS settings and it just wont seem to recognize the USB/external HDD.
The only way I can get Windows to boot now, is to physically replace the hard drive.



Any help would be appreciated.






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I have Ubuntu Mate 18.04 installed on a Dell Latitude XT2. I took the original hard drive out of the laptop that has Windows 7 Pro installed on it, and put it into an HDD USB case.
Is there a way to boot Windows from the external hard drive?
I have gone into the BIOS settings and it just wont seem to recognize the USB/external HDD.
The only way I can get Windows to boot now, is to physically replace the hard drive.



Any help would be appreciated.






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  • Ubuntu is installed on 1 hard drive, Windows on another
    – Bill Patterson
    Nov 20 at 1:47










  • Your question is hardware specific and barely related to Ubuntu (thus possibly off-topic). Some machines allow external boot (I'd expect yours to by selecting USB boot but some latitudes only boot if a single usb-storage device is installed so ensure you have only one installed) but your machine is only limited to whatever the BIOS/uefi will allow to boot. You may be able to add an item to grub on your Ubuntu/grub that chainloads the external drive - but this could be machine specific too (I've only used it for internal drives)
    – guiverc
    Nov 20 at 6:11




















  • Ubuntu is installed on 1 hard drive, Windows on another
    – Bill Patterson
    Nov 20 at 1:47










  • Your question is hardware specific and barely related to Ubuntu (thus possibly off-topic). Some machines allow external boot (I'd expect yours to by selecting USB boot but some latitudes only boot if a single usb-storage device is installed so ensure you have only one installed) but your machine is only limited to whatever the BIOS/uefi will allow to boot. You may be able to add an item to grub on your Ubuntu/grub that chainloads the external drive - but this could be machine specific too (I've only used it for internal drives)
    – guiverc
    Nov 20 at 6:11


















Ubuntu is installed on 1 hard drive, Windows on another
– Bill Patterson
Nov 20 at 1:47




Ubuntu is installed on 1 hard drive, Windows on another
– Bill Patterson
Nov 20 at 1:47












Your question is hardware specific and barely related to Ubuntu (thus possibly off-topic). Some machines allow external boot (I'd expect yours to by selecting USB boot but some latitudes only boot if a single usb-storage device is installed so ensure you have only one installed) but your machine is only limited to whatever the BIOS/uefi will allow to boot. You may be able to add an item to grub on your Ubuntu/grub that chainloads the external drive - but this could be machine specific too (I've only used it for internal drives)
– guiverc
Nov 20 at 6:11






Your question is hardware specific and barely related to Ubuntu (thus possibly off-topic). Some machines allow external boot (I'd expect yours to by selecting USB boot but some latitudes only boot if a single usb-storage device is installed so ensure you have only one installed) but your machine is only limited to whatever the BIOS/uefi will allow to boot. You may be able to add an item to grub on your Ubuntu/grub that chainloads the external drive - but this could be machine specific too (I've only used it for internal drives)
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