How To Install Windows 10 On External SSD To Use With Mac & PC | Without WinToUSB
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- Learn to Install Windows 10 on External SSD or Hard Drive to use On Mac and PC, without using Win2USB or any third-party software. You can install Windows 10 on an external drive and use it with PC and Mac without changing anything.
The same disk would be able to boot with PC and Mac computer so that you can work on the same projects and files on laptop and PC without transferring the files from one computer to another.
Things you need to Start -
1. A windows PC or virtual Windows on Mac
2. An external SSD or HDD.
3. A flash drive.
4. External Keyboard and mouse.
5. Windows 10 ISO.
6. Few type A to C cable (If you want to install on Mac)
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Windows 10 ISO - www.microsoft....
First, connect your flash drive to the Windows PC and Make it bootable -
Open CMD as admin.
Type
diskpart
list disk
select disk "disk no." (Select your flash drive)
clean
create partition primary
format fs=exfat quick (format fs=ntfs quick , for PC)
assign
Extract the Windows 10 ISO and copy all files to a flash drive.
Connect the flash drive to PC/Mac
Boot from USB flash drive.
On the installation screen, you will get some errors like -
"Windows cannot be installed to this disk. Setup does not support configuration of or installation to disks connected through a USB or IEEE 1394 port."
There may be some other errors as well.
Press Shift+F10 key on your keyboard.
Type
disk part
list volume (Find the letter or USB flash drive)
Now we need to create certain partitions to the SSD.
Type -
select disk "disk no" (select your external ssd or hdd here)
clean
convert gpt
create partition primary size=450
format quick fs=ntfs label="Windows RE Tools"
assign letter="T"
set id="de94bba4-06d1-4d40-a16a-bfd50179d6ac"
gpt attributes=0x8000000000000001
create partition efi size=260
format quick fs=fat32 label="System"
assign letter="S"
create partition msr size=128
create partition primary size=372000 (Space you want to assign to Windows Drive)
format quick fs=ntfs label="Windows"
assign letter="W"
create partition primary size=4096
format quick fs=ntfs label="Recovery Image"
assign letter="R"
set id="de94bba4-06d1-4d40-a16a-bfd50179d6ac"
gpt attributes=0x8000000000000001
list volume
Now we need to copy some Windows 10 installation files from the flash drive to different partition of SSD.
Execute following commands-
md R:\RecoveryImage
copy D:\sources\install.wim R:\RecoveryImage\install.wim (D is USB flash drive, it may be different in your case)
cd X:\Windows\System32
dism /Apply-Image /ImageFile:R:\RecoveryImage\install.wim /Index:6 /ApplyDir:W:\
md T:\Recovery\WindowsRE
copy W:\Windows\System32\Recovery\winre.wim T:\Recovery\WindowsRE\winre.wim
bcdboot W:\Windows /s S: /f UEFI
W:\Windows\System32
eagentc /setosimage /path R:\RecoveryImage /target W:\Windows /index 6
W:\Windows\System32
eagentc /setreimage /path T:\Recovery\WindowsRE /target W:\Windows
Change the Index to the Windows 10 version you want to install.
To use the SSD with Mac -
Restart mac, press, and hold ⌘+R to enter the recovery mode.
Allow booting from external media on the Macs using Apple's T2 security chips.
Set security level to "None"
Restart again and choose EFI boot.
Follow on-screen instructions to install Windows 10.
Install the Windows Support Software from USB flash drive and you are good to go.
Link to download WinToUSB in case you need to check the Windows 10 Index. - www.easyuefi.c...
I wasn't aware of some of these commands, thanks to "Siddharth Shankar" for listing these commands in sequential order. - decryptingtech...
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After using it as a bootable drive, can it still be used as a storage drive on other devices
Thank you worked perfectly.
Just a note to update a minor typo in the description " W:\Windows\System32
eagentc /setosimage /path R:\RecoverImage /target W:\Windows /index 6" - it should be RecoveryImage not RecoverImage. It was done correctly in the video.
Thank you, corrected.
To reiterate. I replaced the command:
copy D:\sources\install.wim R:\RecoveryImage\install.wim
With
copy D:\sources\boot.wim R:\RecoveryImage\boot.wim
And
copy D:\sources\install.esd R:\RecoveryImage\install.esd
For those who were also having difficulty at this part. You’re welcome.
For future, you may open a windows 10 iso file and find the files that should be copied over, for me these were easy to find, since boot was the only .wim, and install.esd was 3.72GB of size, and was clearly the main install media and the only file type of it’s kind. Looks like windows tried to patch out this cheat in the system perhaps. This could change, so keep your eyes peeled folks.
Thanks a lot now my dad can play age of empires IV on his Mac xD
This man is life saver thank you dude ❤ love from Sri Lanka ❤
Eventually sorted!
Please note I used Win 10 v 1903 for the .wim file as per Aluzcz's comment below
I had to increase some file sizes: Windows RE Tools to 700 and Recovery Image up to 5120 otherwise I get a File too small message.
Hello I tried it yesterday and it worked for users who are facing problem that install.wim not found, they will have to convert the install.esd file to wim using dismm++ gui utility (preferable) then copy it to the recovery partition and it will work..
Dear Sandeep ji, kindly include it in the upcoming video when u make for the same topic, thanks for the help..
Your tutorial video is so good and unique that I will have to save this in my cloud.
On the sections to copy the install.wim file from D:\ (or your named flash USB drive) drive to R:\
The current file basis is boot.wim and install.esd for Windows 10 Pro
I had to run the copy command twice at that point, after looking for install.wim, to find that it has since been separated to boot.wim and install.esd
After copying both files to the R:\ recovery drive, I had no issue.
Also, the W:\ space… I allocated 400GB as 409600, since this is reasonably large enough without overtaking space. Having two file directories at the end of installation would have been a pain. And 400GB to me was a perfectly sizeable amount without any issues!
Thank-you so much sir Singh! You are a miracle maker ;)
Yes, some versions have install.esd that is a more compressed version with a file size less than 4GB, it is easy to create fat32 bootable media with install.esd.
Thank you for the inputs.
Hi. thank you. I followed the instructions to this line and got an error message
W:|Windows\System32
eagentc /setreimage /path T:
\Recovery\WindowsRE /target W:\Windows (The index of the recovery image (WIM) file must be specified) . Please help me 😞
Incredible walkthrough! Thanks so much! Work liked a charm!
If you don't have a physical keyboard you can use the virtual one. While installing windows it's on left bottom corner!
Like this up so everyone going to see this trick
I know this is a stupid question. But where do you learn how to do this, how the windows architecture works, do you have any advice on which documentation I should go and read?
Up
I get error 87 when I type:
dism /apply-image /imagefile:R:\RecoveryImage\install.esd /index:6 /ApplyDir:W:\
I got the same error: 87 Parameters incorrect, did you fix it?
it can easily be fixed if you write the correct index number, which was 4 for me for win 10 pro
All OK until I get to the 'copy' stage.
When I type "copy D:\sources\install.wim ...." (Where D is the bootable pendrive), I get "The system cannot find the drive specified"
What am I doing wrong?
I think you should go and check the file name. It is not .wim
Man it worked :) Thank you again buddy
THANK YOU EVER SO MUCH! you do not know how many hours it took for me to grab my tiny11 files and that 2 DAYS DOWNLOAD you earned a sub and like and notifications on THANK YOU i would recommend this to anyone who is trying to setup tiny11
You are a Genius!!! I know that way exist but i don’t know how to go. Congratulations, fine work, I suggest to increase the size of T: volume, 450 is not enough with the last image of Windows 10, don’t fit. Thanks a lot for sharing your precious skills.
Thanks my friend, it worked nicely!
Mere pass samsung t7 touch 500 gb ssd he toh usme tumhare tarikese windows install karne ke baad kya hum us ssd me apna data store kar sakte matlab kya hum us ssd ko as a pendrive use kar sakte he
Aur kya ssd slow ho jayegi
Ssd ko koi taklif to nahi hogi na
Please reply me
Bro I have Samsung t7 touch 500gb ssd after install windows 10 by your method my ssd fingerprint can work Samsung Portable ssd software/app work after your method
Please tell me
Sandeep , you are amazing man, I 've learned a lot from you , thanks for being humble and share your knowledge for free.
You, sir, are a genius 😍
Bro Today I was installed windows 11 with this process without any error
Thanks yaar thank In my laptop windows 11 not supporting but in the ssd support win 11 and enjoy it thanks
Bro lekin ab ek problem ho gayi he yaar mere pass samsung t7 touch yani ki fingerprint sensor wali ssd he aur use password ya finger kuch bhi set karta hoo boot nahi hoti aur remove karne ke baad boot hoti he win 11 me
Matlab
Maine jis fingerprint sensor ke liye extra paise diye OH ab kisi kamka nahi he
😔😔😔😫😫
If you set a password then system won't be able to read the GUID partition table, so it won't boot. Try to unlock the SSD before you connect it to the machine.
Followed your guide previously and got a good result. I wonder whether I could partition my SSD in windows and format the partition to ExFAT to read as well as write on a Mac? Have you tried doing this?
So essentially I want to have a partition on the external SSD with Windows on it and the another partition to use as an external drive to read/write files out of both windows and Mac. Please help.
exFat doesn't work with Windows installation, however, there are workaround to do it. I don't remember if I tried installing Windows 10 on exFAT partition.
But you can format other partitions as exFAT and it will work.
After your comment -
I created a new partition in SSD and formatted it as exFAT, it is readable and writable on both Mac & Windows.
@@sandeepsingh18 Thank you for the prompt reply! I will try doing the same. You have been really helpful.
My windows 10 is installed on ExFAT currently on the SSD because it wouldn’t install any other way.
Now let’s hope I can use the newly made partition to run mac apps.
Just tried this and it works perfectly, thank you for the help Sandeepji 🔥 for others wanting to try this, take care that you partition the ssd on windows and not on MacOS
Buddy u r just awesome. Thank you so much
Do we need an SSD or a normal pendrive (128gb) works?
I love you buddy.. Works perfectly. Thank you so much
Awesome. Appreciate your efforts bro.
Thank you great explanation very clear and precise
Hello, why do I get a "Diskpart has encountered an error: The parameter is incorrect. See the System Even Log for more information." when I try to format the Recovery Image partition?
Thanks a ton man!
you're amazing man, works really well. Is it possible to do this for windows 11?
Hello i have a probem. I bought a new PC and it have Endless OS and i have Windows iso. So can you please make a video or reply how can I uninstall Endless os and install Windows os if i have Windows iso.
Thanks
You can format the PC and install Windows.
Create bootable media using the flash drive.
Extract the ISO and copy files to flash drive.
Boot from flash drive and follow the on-screen instruction to install Windows.
This video has all these steps as well. Follow from 1:45 to 3:57 then from Flash drive.
Bro, you nailed it!
Hats off to you bro
Thank you 🙌
@@sandeepsingh18 Bro this method work for windows 11
thanks man I was always curious how can i configure the boot partitions for windows by myself especially that wintousb will format my entire ssd drive which something I don't want
Really useful tutorial.
Does using external SSD as a boot drive effects it's speed ?
In general, does it make any difference whether u install windows on an internal SSD vs external ssd
Well, the speed will be defined by the drive max speed specified by the manufacturer, where you are installing the SO. And also check for the right port to be connected to the computer, for example never connect it to the 2.0 if you are using an SSD always connect it to 3.0 or 3.1... or Type-C if your computer has it for the maximum speed.
I've been using windows to go during some years with a Samsung SSD T5 and I haven't noticed any speed reduction.
Bro will it work with macbook air early 2015 4gb ram 128gb ssd
I am not able to install in M1 drive is not showing in boot option in M1
So i ran the installation from my SSD but when i check the HDD drives. I see drive C is on HDD not my SSD
would this also work with w11 ? ... edit: imma try it out rn edit2/update : it work but the index number I used is 2 (pro)
Thank you for your input, it will help others.
Awesome working grt... Can i use this method for win7??
If I move the ssd into a new computer will it be the pirated version with less features or the full version ? Sorry if dumb question I am new to this
No, basically like tails
Hi Sandeep Singh, I want to ask you about External SSD (Portable SSD Mobile Storage) as you show in Video, but I have 16TB. I copied documents, words, images, movies, photos, etc. from HDD or laptop into SSD and then I check on SSD itself, the data save only some files and the others are empty. Sometimes it was an error and cannot access it to open or needed to format SSD. The original file system is exFAT. Do we need to reinstall the software or do we need to save all files in SSD? Can you explain, please? thank you.
For example, Click on This PC= Device and drives> Windows (C) - Storage used and free. SSD (free 12.3 of 15.2) Then when I click on the folder (explorer) under SSD shows nothing.
This facking helped alot. Tanx. All other videos from other did not help. Facking nice😀😀😀😀👍👍👍👍
Not able to create System EFI partition
Getting error like The operation not supported on removable media
Thank you!
I follow your every single steps, but when i install windows on mac, but i have a problem in part to choose partition to install windows. The system say that “Windows cannot be installed to this disk. Setup does not support configuration of or installation to disks connected through a USB or IEEE 1394”
..
I realy want to know how to fix this. Please your kind attention. Thankyou sir
Can you try Win2USB tool and check if you have same problem. You might have missed copying the correct files to partitions.
Please make a detailed video on benchmark scores (ex. of GeekBench) for Gaming as well as devolopment using Visual Studio 2022 on Windows 10 & 10 pro boting from external ssd drive on Apple M1 Macbook Air or Pros
Bro this method work for windows 11
I have the version 10 cmd prompt...it is very stubborn. it took forever to get it to find files and do commands. is there a way to add /update to a better version before windows is finally installed on my external hard drive?
Bro ssd me windows install karne ke baad wo ssd as a pendrive me mobile me connect nahi ho rahi he .
Aur ssd wala windows boot karne ke baad hum matlab me pendrive jaise hi connect karta hoo to windows off hota he
perfect, thx !
Windows 11 install kaise kare external ssd me
very nice work
This is brilliant. I thought I could never boot Windows off an external SSD.
I'm going to give it a try next week once my new SSD arrives. That said, I have a few questions:
1. Can we use this process to install Windows 11?
2. Can we boot to Windows from SSD if we connect it too either Mac or PC?
Actually need to know if this works with Windows 11 also. Did you manage to get this working?
@@Magicofja
It didn't work on my device. I was getting stuck when creating the system partition, even with Windows 10.
But I found WinToUSB a much simpler option. It installs Bootable Windows (both 10 & 11) perfectly on an external disk.
another thing. how can i fix my old laptop from booting to bios. the reason why it is doing that is because the pc is not mounting the boot partition fast enough
i have fixed my issue. i have copyed over the old boot files from the system partition and then replaced them with new boot files that redirect to my ssd and you can copy them back when you need them again - chatgpt helped me on this one
I'm running Bootcamp on Mac. Can you make a video on how to upgrade to Windows 11 successfully, without losing future official support?
Thanks.
Hi, what about my other drive?
I am unable to create recovery folder in USB flash drive
Hai, want to ask someting.
I have an old all in one PC at the office, and it is really2 slow. I suspect it is because the old HDD on it.
since it is an aio PC I cannot tear down to replace the HDD with SSD.
so the plausible solution I could think of, is buying SSD and booting windows from the USB 3 it has.
my question is, will it improve the speed of the PC? or it will be the same?
I only use it for work (ms office, browser, and PDF)
thanks in advance.
It will definitely improve the speed, however, it depends on the CPU & RAM as well.
Hello @sandeepsingh18 thank you so much for the tutorial it is so helpful.
So I was facing an issue with the internal ssd of my computer so I decided to take it of and install windows in it externally so I followed your tutorial, it worked fine but when I returned it inside the computer I am getting an error that the computer couldn’t find any boot system
Any suggestions ??
Very strange issue, would love if someone can sort it out ?
Followed all the steps, SSD is ready with Win 10 OS. Tested on an older laptop, changed BIOS setting and it booted up fine through SSD.
The issue is with a new Lenovo AIO.
I do not see this drive in BIOS!
Tried all possible things within BIOS, nothing makes the disk detectable or visible.
But the same disk is visible from within the OS. Just missing from booting and BIOS!
I'm stuck on the step that adds the winre.wim file. I can't find it on the win 10 files. I don't have another x64 win10 to copy it. please help!
my hard drive broke in my Lenovo x64 which is why I need it to install and run from external hard drive until I can buy a new internal HDD. Any tips etc on getting this external drive install on track
Mine got error on 19:48 applying image, error 76 I think, so I typed: disk /Get-WimInfo /WimFile:E:\Sources\install.esd and I saw that my image had only 4 index, and the 4° being the windows pro (note: substitute :E: to your flash drive, and my install is .esd not win) so, after that, I typed to apply image again, but not the index 6 but the 4°, and it was successful.
I got an another error on copy W:\...Recovery\Winre.wim T:\Recovery\WindowsRE\Winre.wim, it was saying that I don't have sufficient space, so I skipped that, but in the last command, W:\Windows\System32
eagentc /setreimage /path *T:\Recovery\WindowsRe* /target W:\Windows ; I putted W:\Windows\System32\Recovery instead of T:\Recovery\WindowsRe. Idk what I have done, if I don't have an Recovery of the system, or if will corrupt my system one day, but it is working normally. Thanks for the video 🙏
I did my installation again, now I reserved more Space in Recovery and everything was fine
please tell me what is this , where i can get it set id="de94bba4-06d1-4d40-a16a-bfd50179d6ac"
Can we install windows 11 in extenal ssd from mac
I'm using lenovo pc. After instalation I changed boot option to ssd using F12 key, but it is booting to Windows 7 with internal hard drive. My bios is legacy and don't have option for UEFI mode. PLEASE
using the usb drive and ssd drive made the process really confusing. before you plugged the usb drive in the windows laptop, what did you copy into it. you did not state this.
Copy the Windows 10 installation files, or you can say a bootable flash drive with Windows 10.
FOR past two days I am trying not able to complete it. After executing all cmd scripts the windows says Invalid Partition table!
External ssd me windows install kiya to install karne ke baad kya hum use as a pendrive ki tarah istemal kar sakte he ya nahi matlab windows vaisa hi rahega lekin kya hum usme apna data daal payenga ya fir usme sirf windows hi rahega aur kuch nahi.
Matlab me ye kah raha hoo ki windows install karne ke baad kya hum use mobile se connect karke mobile me se kuch data us External ssd me paste kar sakte he ya nahi
Please reply me
Haan bilkul kr sakte h, bs windows files delete na kare.
@@sandeepsingh18 thanks
Windows 11 install kaise kare external ssd me
The process is very confusing...
Great tutorial, but one random thing encountered:
If I have my SSD plugged in and I restart, it automatically boots into windows, without me having to hold Option.
Is this a problem or is it a unintended bonus? Thanks!
This isn't a problem, open the Boot Camp manager in Windows, select the default OS.
@@sandeepsingh18 Got it. Thanks!
I need help im stuck in a step
You're Awesome 🔥
Couldn't find the wim info
It did not work for me
How do i make a second youtube channel with my ipad?
Go to CZcams settings and channel, add a new channel.
@@sandeepsingh18 there is no channel setting though i just went to settings and got nothing
You can login to browser and open czcams.com/users/account
I have hp laptop with intel core i3 will this external ssd make my laptop faster
Yes, but you have to keep it connected to the laptop, it is better to get an internal SSD.
Seems like the latest may 2021 ISO don't contain the WIM file but a SWM file. Unfortunately you can not apply that using dism....
Any help here or i need yo just found some old imagine someone else :(((
I followed the same video with the may 2021 iso file and everything worked fine
The only caveat is that I can’t use windows 10 pro features (like theme customization), even though “about this pc” shows that I have windows 10 pro
@@demonetization3693 hmm then it seems like my image may be broken by using WoeUSB linux image maker, will try Rufus/MS usb burner
Your issue seems weird, did you used the official image? Once installed you should get all....did you register using proper key? Sometimes the ebay ones fail....
I see install.esd and not install.wim. Will the steps remain the same ?
I download ISO today from Microsoft.
Yes copy install.esd
11:58 Not working for Win7x64 MBR format. Any other id?
It is stuck in this step
New problem:
This was working fine on MacOS Monterey Beta 3
After updating to the Beta 4, it does not work anymore
When I boot from the SSD, it still shows the EFI boot and lets me boot, and when I boot, it shows the windows logo and loading symbol for a bit, but then the display stops showing windows.
After trying to boot multiple times, it shows me that windows did not load correctly, and it tells me to troubleshoot or restart
When I try using the recovery image, the only recovery image shown in MacOS X
What do I do here? Is there a fix or do I have to do this all over again?
Spelling error: The only recovery image shown IS MacOS X
Managed to fix it by resetting to a 2 day old version in the advanced options, but I wonder what happened and if it will happen again
excellent
Good job 👍 Unfortunely I have a problem (as usual)...! The missing drivers don’t work also the installation from bootcamp assistant: mouse, keybord, ... still don’t working. Any ideas?
I have the same trouble :c
@@NAGIBAT0R115 I fix the problem. Search you hardware without Windows drivers installed in your PC devices list. Click on PCI controller or something like that and upgrade drivers from bootcamp drivers directory (maybe your USB d:). Reboot. Enjoy.
@@lucadaddezio5822 I fixed it right now and wanted to tell about it to you, but you already answered :D
is your touchpad working fine? I mean function buttons
@@NAGIBAT0R115 yeah! All It’s working fine!
@@NAGIBAT0R115 hey how did you fix it?
Reagents.exe: the specified path was not found
Good job
Does it work with Bluetooth keyboard and mouse or inbuilt?
Yes, it does.
@@sandeepsingh18 mine isn’t working it’s stuck on the initial stage of installation where you showed the requirement for the external mouse and keyboard I’ve also tried with usb keyboard it’s not responding could you please help?
i am having samsung ssd 500gb 1050mb/s..and i installed windows 11. will unreal engine work on that smoothly?
How to i contact u
hehehe thanks ill have to take my seet time to understand
@sandeepsingh18 It did not work for me. I could not find install.Wim and I only found install.esd. Is there a way to work with esd file? Thank you very much.
just replace install.wim with install.esd in commands.
@@sandeepsingh18 ok thank you
All my commands executed successfully for installing windows 10, but after restart I tried to boot my my ssd. However not booted from ssd and booted from internal hard drive. Please help me.
Did you get SSD at the startup? Reboot press and hold Option Key and check.
@@sandeepsingh18 I'm using lenovo pc. I changed boot option to ssd using F12 key, but it is booting to Windows 7 with internal hard drive. My bios is legacy and don't have option for UEFI mode. PLEASE HELP
@@archanainsapu8411 Hope it is solved, I couldn't check the comment. BTW we have created our disk as GPT and it won't support legacy BIOS. Convert the SSD to MBR to use with Legacy BIOS.
@@sandeepsingh18 can u make a video tutorial for this?
On windows laptop, how to change boot from internal hdd to external ssd
I have dell i5 8th gen laptop, i want to have the external ssd boot as backup while continuing to use hdd windows on day to day basis. What's the "option" key on keyboard? How to switch between windows on internal hdd & external ssd.
This video is very confusing, please make detailed video on how to do it on intel hardware
You need to open the boot menu or UEFI/BIOS to change the boot order, select external SSD.
deployment error 87
is this applicable for uefi system?
Yes of course.
Can we install window on external ssd with windows pc
Yes ofcourse, I did this on a Windows PC.
Please help me sir
load of rubbish i knew there had to be a catch... $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Bro this method work for windows 11
Yes, process is same.
@@sandeepsingh18 Thanks