Can You Run Windows off an External Ssd via Usb-C?
I Have a 2017 Touchbar Macbook Pro, So Has 4 Usb-C Thunderbolt 3 Ports. Rather Than Running Bootcamp and Splitting My Inbuilt Ssd Drive into a Macos Partition...
I have a 2017 Touchbar Macbook Pro, so has 4 USB-C Thunderbolt 3 ports.
Rather than running bootcamp and splitting my inbuilt SSD drive into a MacOS partition and a Windows partition, I am considering getting this SATA-to-USB-C combination:
- or
Or simply a direct USB-C drive:
Then to install Windows 10 onto the drive, and boot into it from my Macbook.
Is this possible?
1 Answer
This is called Windows To Go, but this is officially only supported for Windows 10 Enterprise edition.
If you use the normal Windows 10 Home or Pro edition, setup a Windows 10 VM (if you are on Mac) and use Rufus to create a Windows To Go drive:
Now boot from that SSD connected via USB(-c) and use Windows.
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