Installing Windows 7 on an external harddrive, through a...

If i take an external drive that had windows 7 installed on it successfully through another windows 7 laptop, can i take that drive and connect it to my mac pro? will boot camp and the mac pro let it boot up at least?  so that i can then run the .exe files needed to install my graphics card's drivers?  before rushing to answer please read this all and see the link below as well..it's a much longer story than it seems at first glance, so pls save us all some time and read it all before replying if you believe you have a solution for me.  :-)
I have gotten many hot leads, but they all seem to revolve around completing the windows 7 install without experiencing the ati radeon hd2600 driver black screen problem that is currently the bane of my existence... And since wasn't able to complete the install for windows in order to run the driver install suites which are .exe files..
The link to my most thorough summary of the problem at hand is below, which today gave me this idea...though i'm starting to doubt it will work, but hey..it's something...no one can seem to tell me if i should be able to get the ati-radeon working on my mac pro with windows 7, and if so how...there's on last thing Hatter recommended for me to try, but beyond that i'm still looking for other answers....like what about using command prompt to give a string of commands to complete the windows install and be able to install the stupid drivers?   i haven't been told yes or no, so i'm gonna keep asking until i get a yes or no, and hopefully if a yes, that it comes with some step by step instructions for someone who clearly is not an expert...
                                  Re: How to How to install ATI Radeon HD2600 driver on bootcamp 3.0 windows 7 partition w/black screen problem                    

yeah thats what I tried with this guide, as I already have windows installed on the iMac but on the internal fusion drive (that doesnt work properly in Windows).
Thats why I want external SSDs booting windows when I edit videos (all my softwares are windows based).
Im gonna try a couple of more things, as I always say "there's gotta be a way!* hehe.
Ill be sure to post here IF I find a solution.

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