Is it possible to install Windows 7 on external HARD disk

That is the problem.

A friend with a Toshiba laptop (do not know the model right, but probably with win7 - 6 month old machine) has a problem with the internal hard drive.
He crashed and his does not work.

It has the toshiba recovery CD and an external hard drive.
Is it possible for him to install win 7 on the external hard drive?

(the easy medium woyld be buying a new in-house but for the next 2 months because of his work that it is impossible).

Hello

I don t think that it would be possible to install the Windows 7 external HARD disk.
You should replace the internal HARD disk and should put the new HARD drive in the laptop.
Then you should be able to install Windows 7 on the new HARD disc.

Good luck

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