ESXi on a Dell Optiplex 740

Hello world

I'm currently under vSphere ESX on a Dell Optiplex 740 in my lab at home and I'm very happy with the results, but I would like to be able to dual boot without adding a 2nd hard drive.  I think that vSphere ESXi would be ideal for this.  What I want to do is to load vSphere on a USB and then set the BIOS to use the USB as the first boot device.  I have Windows 7 equipped hard drive and this way I could start Windows 7, each time the USB key is deleted.  I understand that I will need to load the image of vSphere on the USB but I have no idea how to do that.  Are there images that would be suitable for this purpose?  Can I use any USB?

Thank you.

Install USB is supported directly from the ESXi installation disc. Insert the key and start the installation. If you have important data on the hard drive I have to temporarily disconnect the disk hard until you are installed.

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