How can I activate my external drive 1 TB USB drive a bootable (whose BIOS is configured to it first?)

Here's the thing.  I just got an external hard drive 1 TB for Christmas.  I want to put Windows 7 on it and make it bootable, change the settings in the BIOS for all first read and run THIS version of Windows 7 Home Premium so I can format the original HARD drive in my laptop.  How would I do so?  Is it still possible?

You cannot install Windows 7 on an external hard drive, it is not supported. The next version of Windows (Windows 8) that will support a feature called Windows Portable.

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