Windows 10: Can I install Windows on my portable drive

I've recently been wanting to use my USB 3.0 portable drive. My idea was to use it to bring with me if I ever forgot my laptop, and boot into Windows 10 with all my files and applications on it. My hard drive has 1TB storage, so I doubt storage would be an issue.

I do think there is a possible issue though, and that would be the drivers. If I were to have a Nvidia graphics card, could I use it at my friend's if he had an AMD card, would I be able to use it at his?

So, what I'd like to know is how to install Windows 10 on the drive, and then get around any other issues you think might come up.

-, dankest of them all

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how to install/operate USB floppy diskette driver

how do I operate Portable USB Floppy Diskette Drive on Windows 10.

I can install the drive but when I try to operate it with the floppy disk in portable diskette drive it does not operate and informs me "insert disk into drive"?



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Windows 10 does not see data on my portable hard drive after unlocking it.

I have an encrypted portable hard drive that I use for backing up data. When I run the unlock program, the disk unlocks ok, but then Windows 10 does not see any back up data on the portable disk drive. The portable disk drive was readable using Windows
7 Professional before I upgraded to Windows 10 on my PC. I have an encrypted thumb drive that I used with Windows 7 Professional, and Windows 10 can read the data on the thumb drive. Very strange. Any thoughts on how to get Windows 10 to read the passport
portable hard drive?

 

Welcome to the forum. It depends what you want to do. Trying to get s strange pc to boot to win10 could be a nightmare. This may be your best bet Windows 10 Live CD ISO Free Download - YouTube You could run windows 10 pe

 

Best Windows To Go Creator to create portable Windows 10/8/7 USB drive!

 

Or you can use this tool which does exactly what you want it to do:
Best Windows To Go Creator to create portable Windows!

 

That is same program NavyLCDR linked to.

OP - this actually works well, even on different devices as Windows10 is far superior in sorting driver issues. Not 100% guranteed in all cases though. Biggest issue is activation unless yiu have a retail standalone licence.

 

Hi,

Then there is Rufus as well.

Cheers, *Wink

 

Will Rufus create a bootable full Windows installation on an external drive? The OP wants to boot into a full installation of Windows on a portable drive - not just be able to install Windows for a portable drive. This involves extracting the full Windows image contained in the install.wim file to a partition, not just putting the contents of the ISO file onto the flash drive.

 

Hi,

Yes, it can create a Win To Go installation on an external USB connected drive.
My main reason for mentioning it is that you do not even have to install it on your machine for it to work.

Cheers, *Wink