External window Hardrive for Mac Os 10.6

Hi All,
I need to use the following software in my Mac Os 10.6 http://shop.sage.co.uk/accounts.aspx?utm_source=sagecouk&utm_medium=sagecouk&utm _campaign=sagecouk_home  but unfortunately its designed for  "Window Microsoft" .
I know how to split my hardrive trough "Boot Camp Assistant" , but I was wandering if any one knows, if tis possible to have an external "Window hardrive" in Mac?
many thanks

A few quick internet searches wll provide you with references to answer your question.
Is it possible?  Yes, if you have the right tools and knowledge.
Is it supported? Not by Apple or Microsoft, and possibly not by anyone else.
Is it easy? It might be, or it might not work at all depending on your specific conditions.
Boot Camp only supports booting MS Windows from an internal drive.  There are other EFI boot loaders which mght support booting Windows from an external drive.  One such example would be rEFIt.  Now, once you have an EFI Boot Loader that supports booting from an external drive, you may need to build a custom Windows installer to add driver support for your external drive becuse the native WIndows installer might not support your device (this was true for USB drives not too long ago).  There are some excellent resources that will walk you through the process if you just google them.

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