Can i use an external hard drive on a mini netboot win ce

[elimae]

can i use a portable external hard drive on a mini 7" notebook with win ce?

 

[Saga Lout]

Hello and welcome to Tom's Hardware Forums.

Use it for what? External storage and backup is fine and recommended - keep it in a fireproof box when not in use and it's a solid backup device.

However, if you want to use an external drive as a second Operating System and a dual boot, you need to check BIOS for the setting that allows USB Legacy Support. Without that, the external can't be powered and therefore seen at boottime so it wouldn't run the system.