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How to install Windows XP on an external USB drive connect to an Apple MacBook

In August 2006, I posted instructions on how to install Windows XP onto an external USB drive to the macrumors.com forums. I’m reposting the instructions here so that this information does not get lost.
Some notes on these instructions:

These instructions result in an installation of Windows XP that is completely contained on an external USB drive. [...]

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2008 05 31 Operating Systems Comments (0)

Apple’s new sales feature

Time was when purchasing an Apple computer was a pleasant experience. You went into your local Apple Store and browsed around. Maybe you did this a few times, poking at all the shiny machines on display. Eventually, one one of this visits you asked a sales associate to bring a cleverly packaged machine out for [...]

2007 05 12 Apple Comments (2)

When RAID-edition doesn’t mean “will work in a RAID”

At work last year I built out a home-grown RAID solution to support my current project. RAID stands for Redundant Array of Independent Disks. RAID technology has been around since the 1970s and provides both a way to use multiple drives together to form a larger “disk” or RAID-volume. The drawback to using multiple drives [...]

2007 04 25 Comments (0)

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