Yes, can you install Wndowson an external USB Drive and ave it work? keeping Linux on the internal???

What about installing XP on a external harddrive via USB 2.0? How would the speed be? And would it work? Keeping the Linux on the internal 4 GB SD.

yep, I’d not jump the gun either, but this issue is tested so many times with different kind of users. not even one user has been happy to run XP on the 2nd drive..

I have used XP on way slower ssdrives with much better results

It’s not the speed alone, it’s about the chips as well.. different flash on 2nd drive than on the first.

I would not say “nonworking” if it was just a bit slow. It is very slow and unstable.

Yup, well aware that the secondary SSD tests slower than the primary and it is shame. I’d try it and see before I issued a global “don’t do this” though. What might not be acceptable performance to you or I might be fine for a casual user that wants XP from time to time. If I had a 900, I’d probably flip-flop the operating systems though. I’d put XP on the faster, 4 GB SSD drive and Linux on the other.

This would be fantastic if it would actually work..

The second drive 8GB/ 16GB ) on Eee PC 900 is too slow for OS use.

So don’t do this, it has been proofed nonworking by many users.