I was wondering how i could put Ubuntu on an external HD and i have XP on my HD on my laptop. Does anybody know or have done it?

-CM

It would depend on how old your laptop is. Generally anything 3 years old or newer will allow you to boot from an external HD [boot from USB]. It wouldn't be too hard to install, when installing just select your external HD. Then when you want to boot Ubuntu, go to your boot menu and select "Boot from USB Device" or similar.

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A question, related to this topic:

If running Ubuntu Live directly off the CD, can't the information or settings be save to a designated Windows file or jump drive with FAT, and accessed at a later time when the Live disk is ran again?

Also, wouldn't this eliminate the need for using an external device to install/boot?

Alright thanks for the help and i tried to install it on my HD but then it failed on me but it got to the point where it made a partition so i had to back everything up so i could get rid of the the stupid partition that it made which took me all day

-CM