Hi, Have you formatted the drive as a primary and made it 'active', i.e. bootable? Merely formatting the drive as ntfs will not make the drive bootable. John. -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of austin pinto Sent: 18 April 2012 02:18 To: access uk; accessindia; blindwindows7; Voice Vision. Subject: [access-uk] want to install windows7 to external hard drive hi all. require your help today please guide on how to install windows7 on external hard drive? i have a external hard drive when i boot from the windows 7 dvd or run setup inside windows the hard drive shows up under sellect a partition to install windows but as i click on my external drive i get a error setup couldnot install windows to this partition why does it come the hard drive is formatted with ntfs and is 250gb -- email austinpinto.xaviers@xxxxxxxxx alternat email austin.pinto@xxxxxxxxxxx facebook www.facebook.com/austinpinto.xaviers orkut www.orkut.com/austinpinto.xaviers twitter www.twitter.com/austinmpinto join me on google + surch for +austin join my professional network on linktin ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq