Installation of BI 7 in external hard drive

Hi Friends,
Can any body please suggest on the installation of BI7 in external drive.
Can BI7 be installed in external hard drive (USB access device) and connect to Laptop/PC with 2 GB ram - does it work.
I would like to practice BW3.5 / BI7. does it need to have ECC 6.0. does it work alone.
If there is any alternative, please leave ur suggestions thanks
Could you please suggest me ASAP as it is very urgent pl...
Thanks
Shri

Hello folks,
i did try that...and didnt work..
enquired with admin guy and he suggested that if your laptop is able to detect the drive @ bootup then it would be possible to do so...
which my laptop didnt do...
if urs is new laptop then u should be able to do so...
all the best..
regard
GVS

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