Boot from Ultrabay HDD in T500/400 R500/400

Hi,
Is it possible to boot prom HDD in the Ultrabay in ThinkPad T500/400 R500/400.
Does the BIOS support this?
Thanks

Hi Der / Nalia
These are really questions concerning how to boot Windows from an external drive. I would think it would be better to post them on a Windows forum somewhere or maybe with Microsoft. You probably would get a quicker response then here on the Mac forums. I'm not trying to run you off or anything, I just want you to get the help you need.
Can you even boot Windows off an external drive? I didn't think it was possible, but then again I don't have a whole lot of experience with windows.

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