Can i install MSDE to an External Harddisk(USB) ?

Many thx !
Yan,
As long as the usb external disk looks local to the operating system, then
you should be able to do this. However, remember that disk performance may
be less than a local IDE or SCSI disk.
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|||Actually, I've heard that USB2 drives perform very well in comparison to
their IDE cousins--especially on laptops where the drives are painfully
slow.
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William (Bill) Vaughn
Author, Mentor, Consultant
Microsoft MVP
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> Yan,
> As long as the usb external disk looks local to the operating system, then
> you should be able to do this. However, remember that disk performance
> may
> be less than a local IDE or SCSI disk.
> Please reply only to the newsgroup so that others can benefit. When
> posting,
> please state the version of SQL Server being used and the error
> number/exact
> error message text received, if any.
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights.
>
|||thank you very much !!!

>--Original Message--
>Yan,
>As long as the usb external disk looks local to the
operating system, then
>you should be able to do this. However, remember that
disk performance may
>be less than a local IDE or SCSI disk.
>Please reply only to the newsgroup so that others can
benefit. When posting,
>please state the version of SQL Server being used and
the error number/exact
>error message text received, if any.
>This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
confers no rights.
>.
>
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