When in windows 7 can i connect a thunderbolt hard drive and an external monitor

i was wondering if i can daisychain a drive and external display in windows 7 via the thunderbolt port
many thanks
arby

ok guys
i got it all working
bit of a fannying around but heres the info
you need a bit of third partysoftware for window 7 to see the lacie little big disk (thunderbolt)
first up
you need to let it add a few drivers
re boot
let it add a few drivers
reboot
then for some reason my ethernet and wifi adaptors had vanished
so right click, my computer, device manger
click on the 3 drivers that i think were in other devices that were not yet fuctioning
and reinstall drivers for each the devices are
ethernet
wifi
base device (once driver reinstall this is actually THUNDERBOLT)
then jump to
http://www.mediafour.com/products/macdrive/pro/
this allows you to mount apple raid volumes
quick 69.99 usd later and a reboot and your LACIE THUNDERBOLT LITTLE BIG DRIVE is fully accessable in windows 7
it also allowed the daisychaining of my external display
so alls good in bootcamp land
thought id share as it took me 2 hours or so to find the solution that LACIE says does not exist
laters
arby

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