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  1. Loghain Win User

    Installing Windows 10 on an External SSD


    I Looked everywhere I could think of for specific instructions to help with this. I have a Lenovo Legion Y520 Laptop and recently acquired a SanDisk Extreme Portable SSD that I intend to use for Gaming, I do not intend to boot my computer from this drive but would like to install Windows 10 on the drive so I can install my games from Steam on it. I Already tried formatting the drive and installing the Media creation tool, but I don't know if I have succeeded in those steps or not. Any help would be most appreciated.Thank you all for your time.

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    Loghain, May 8, 2022
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  4. jake Win User

    Installing Windows 10 on an External SSD

    From Ubuntu, Installing Windows 10 on an external SSD

    I've followed every post about this subject, but I feel like most breeze over details, so maybe I have a few misconceptions:

    Steps to Problem:

    1. Downloading the ISO file here: https://www.microsoft.com/it-it/software-download/windows10
    2. Format external SSD to be NTFS
    3. Install ISO onto external SSD using mkusb
    4. Boot onto external SSD produces the windows 10 installation screen, but when I get past the language screen I get: "windows 10 A media driver your computer needs is missing. This could be a DVD, USB or Hard Disk driver"

    Question:

    • Do I need to install windows on a bootable USB instead of the SSD? How then can I demand the USB installation installs onto the SSD and not the main hard drive (which has Ubuntu)
    • This error is usually seen for Windows 7 (missing usb3.0 drivers, but Windows10 comes with them, corrupted ISO, but I'm fairly sure the ISO is good)

    I'm a bit lost as how to accomplish this. Some help in this regard would be swell. I have a laptop with Ubuntu (an internal SSD), and a blank external SSD (With the official Windows 10 ISO and an official product key), and want to get Windows on the external drive.
     
    jake, May 8, 2022
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