What if you're trying to run an OS from the hard drive(I.e. Boot camp), is that possible?
761199
While I don't run another OS from it, I don't see why not? just hold down the "Option" key while booting and select it as the boot drive, but in truth I'd check with Apple's KB about running Boot Camp from an external drive.
1677407
No, you would have to put files that will boot up the computer along with the DVD for the OS or the files on it.
1356918
I only tried it on the desktop, I am not sure but it won't hurt anything to try it. You have the disk.
277020
I didn't see any options for that. You boot from the cd/dvd and clone the drive. I suppose that you could deinstall the programs you don't want afterwards. HTH
671412
This item is just a housing to turn a HD into a USB external Hard Drive. Shouldn't matter what operating system you use.
1726371
Yes. The hard drive connected to the SATA interface shows up independent of the operating system.
420120
You could try that out (as I haven't). But I would use one of the computer's USB connectors to access the docked hard drive.
1925233
I think so, as you won't be using is as the boot drive. You should.be able to access any good files.
305284
None but its independent of the os so it should function like any other jump drive
1523642
Yes, but you essentially cannot use the SSD drive; it's merely there for faster boot up from what I've heard.
1919027
You can certainly run applications from the drive. However it may not work to just move the applications to the new external drive. They may have to be installed on the new drive from scratch so that the registry knows where they are etc. Small .exe applications that don't use the registry can be run directly.
2068699
Depends on what makes the drive not accessible. If the drive is not accessible (not booting up) because of bad Windows files, then perhaps you can access other files that may be alright... If the drive has internal hardware or sector damage then probably not...
1038705
Yes. I am running my OS on this drive. I had to switch to legacy boot mode to get it to work.
904132
It is backwards compatible. I'm not sure if you can use a boot source but I am sure with certain programs it is possible.
645316
Sure, but if you already have this machine, you might trying setting up a Win8 VM on it. That would allow you to keep your installation reasonably virgin, and minimize the risks of changing the OS and bungling it all up.
2030280
I'd consider doing a dual boot just in case the second OS doesn't take properly.
1115919
Yes you can. I did that and it worked but the game performance was too slow to suit my son. So we uninstalled it and installed it again using Boot Camp. This way it works much faster.