[PopsnBurbles]

My desktop from almost a decade ago finally decided to pass on from this world. I opened it up and pulled out the HDD (3.5 inch SATA 640GB) and bought a HD enclosure and plugged it on my current laptop. I think it's basically acting like an external storage. Fortunately, I've been able to access most (if not all) of the files I had on my old desktop.

My problem is this...can I use my makeshift external storage to boot Vista?

- the storage already had Vista installed from when it was still in the old desktop.

- my current laptop uses Windows 7.1 SP1

- when I tried selecting the storage from the boot menu (F12 on restart/start-up), I only get a blue screen and a bunch of lines of white text appear and reboot to use the original Win7 settings.

- As it is now, the external storage is plugged via USB 2.0. The enclosure came with a SATA connection wire but I don't have any eSATA ports. Using any port inside my laptop wouldn't work out because I would literally take it apart to access them.

I am not tech savvy...I don't even overclock. I just use my computer to play games, surf the net, and watch videos.