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something I found really handy for testing/retaining windows installs was a $30 external USB SSD (not a flash drive, a "external drive" that is flagged as "non-
by blibble 5y ago
something I found really handy for testing/retaining windows installs was a $30 external USB SSD (not a flash drive, a "external drive" that is flagged as "non-removable")
you can install windows directly on it and tell the UEFI to boot off of it with absolutely no fuss
- depressedpanda 5y agoHow do I flag a drive as non removable? This is from years back, but my experience is that running Windows from an external drive isn't really easy. I hardly use the OS any longer, but I'd like to keep it around on an external drive if possible.
- blibble 5y agoI bought a disk that was already flagged! apparently some USB flash drives have a bit you can toggle with some vendor specific tool, but I've not tried that for a non-removable device installing Windows is exactly the same as for a normal hard drive (no fuss with Windows To Go or other rubbish)