Windows 10: installing relocating windows 10 into a much smaller drive only for booting

Discus and support installing relocating windows 10 into a much smaller drive only for booting in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; Hi, I'm currently planning to install only windows into a 64GB SSD that I find lying around for my HHD laptop just to speed up the booting process it... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by Jeffchuaa, Jul 26, 2021.

  1. JEFFCHUAA
    Jeffchuaa Win User

    installing relocating windows 10 into a much smaller drive only for booting


    Hi, I'm currently planning to install only windows into a 64GB SSD that I find lying around for my HHD laptop just to speed up the booting process it takes ages to boot up, I notice that Windows does have its installation tool to reinstall the Windows, but I wish to just only installing the OS into the SSD as it has minimal space as I saw there is other mentioning that they have kept theirs at 40+GB , the system that I'm using is x64, is there anything i do, since i know nothing about installing Windows, and i don't want to mess up laptop at this moment were there's movement control all aro

    :)
     
    Jeffchuaa, Jul 26, 2021
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  2. DELTA6326
    Delta6326 Win User
    Delta6326, Jul 26, 2021
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  3. STTUBS
    sttubs Win User
    Windows 10 boot drive

    Is Windows 10 also limited to a max of 3Tb for a boot drive?
     
    sttubs, Jul 26, 2021
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  4. TRUELOVE95
    TRUELOVE95 Win User

    installing relocating windows 10 into a much smaller drive only for booting

    Windows 10 USB boot

    Hi there, am not a windows 10 expert. I have a pc in the bedroom on windows 10, I messed up the bootloader trying to fix the xp on that system.

    System wont boot, trying to repair via win 10 usb installer.

    Downloaded the media creation tool to install windows 10 installer on usb stick. Not compatible with a host of usb sticks I have. Tried the usb sticks that others use, but I think they use rufus; as the media creation tool by win 10 does not detect the usb stick.

    So quick question, the win10 machine i am trying to repair the bootloader is a win7 upgraded to win10.
    If i were to use the usb win10 installer to "repair installation" does the version of the iso downloaded via the media creation tool matter?

    There is three options:
    Windows 10
    Windows 10 Home
    Windows 10 N

    Also is there a step by step instead of using rufus as I want to try an alternative method of creating a usb win 10 installer. Preferably with more compatibility.

    System is a asus sabertooth 990 (r2?) with AMD phenom X 6.

    Also is there any other software I can load onto the usb that can repair the bootloader easily?
    That would be the ideal alternative. Thanks
     
    TRUELOVE95, Jul 26, 2021
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