External hard rive question!

[rusty21]

Hi this is my first post so be gentle!!

I've recently just purchased a 250GB external hard drive which is connected via USB 2.0 my question is can i safely run my operating system off this of would i best to keep in on my internal 40GB wonder?

Sorry if it's a stupid question but my knowledge on this is limited so any ifo would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

[Splash]

Not all motherboards support booting from a USB device, though most modern boards will. In all honesty it'll be much slower than running your system off an internal drive - perhaps use this as a data/backup drive?

[Funkstar]

^^ what he said

if you wanted to speed up booting at all you would need to have the new drive internal.

[rusty21]

As i thought! Ok guys thanks for the input need to invest a new internal now.