Use 2 separate drives instead of partition

If I'm using a product like VMare or bootcamp, can I set it up to run windows on a totally separate drive, rather then partition the one hard drive? Reason I'm asking, I don't run windows programs that often, but there are ones that have no Mac version. I don't want to partition a huge amount of space for another OS for the few times I use it. Can I just us an external hard drive for those times?

I still have my laptop hard drive with a full install of windows xp and all the the apps, can I just get a box to make it an external drive, and hook it up to my Mac Laptop and run windows from the Mac laptop? If so, THAT WOULD BE GREAT!

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