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rifitzge
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Win 7/latest Mac OS Dual Boot with external drive

I have a new Satellite P505D-S8930. Is there a way to setup a dual boot using an external USB drive. I would like to boot the MAC OS from the USB drive.

 

Anyone had any experience doing this?

 

The laptop has an AMD processor with ATI video. If anyone could suggest a good message board relating to these very custom configurations I would also appreciate the link or links.

 

Thank you

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cee_64
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Re: Win 7/latest Mac OS Dual Boot with external drive

The next time you start your system hit the F12 key to enter the boot menu to see if it lists USB as a boot device.  If so, then it should work as long as the MAC OS supports installing that way.  I don't use Mac's so I don't know what it is capable of in that regard. 

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rifitzge
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Re: Win 7/latest Mac OS Dual Boot with external drive

The only thing I left out was Toshiba

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rifitzge
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Re: Win 7/latest Mac OS Dual Boot with external drive

Tried the F12 and it didn't bring up a menu.  It is anoption in the BIOS setup menu, I can boot from USB, the only thing I'll need to find out now is if I can boot the MAC from USB.