Installing windows on external hard drive

[mao]

Ive installed windows on an old external drive I had, would like basically just be like VM ware in the sense its like a new pc id be logging on from?

Could this also work for amazon for going stealth. thanks

[BiN4RY]

I'm having a very hard time understanding what you wrote. Did you install a full version of windows on your external hard drive, or did you have windows VMs on your external hard drives?

[mao]

Sorry, my apologies, ive installed a fresh windows installation on my external HD

[Mitsu]

Yeah this will work for stealth purposes, when you install another windows on a hard-drive after your computer passes it's startup bios it should ask you which version of windows you want to run, it will basically be a new machine.

It's the same method of VMware, just lacking the convenience.

[mao]

Yeah agree it can be a bit of an inconvenience having an external HD, only done it because I found it when having a clear out and thought id be better of putting it to use. thank for clearing that up :-D

[empirestate]

Fastest portable usb ssd drive, best for what you are describing.

[BiN4RY]

Originally Posted by empirestate

Fastest portable usb ssd drive, best for what you are describing.

I had this exact SSD/Flash drive, and I do not recommend it.
The drive has some pretty bad thermal issues, and will start overheating after about 5 minutes of intensive use. When that happens, the drive limits you to a worthless 20MB/s write speed.

This is a widely known issue for a lot of people, just check the reviews.

[rsot]

But it's a ssd and it overheats?!? wow

[BiN4RY]

Originally Posted by rsot

But it's a ssd and it overheats?!? wow

The controller chip it uses wasn't designed to be crammed into a small space like that. On a typical 2.5" full size SSD, it has enough metal to disperse the heat away from the controller chip. Not the same situation in a tiny case like that.

[unkown5454]

another garbage product that famous youtube moron hypes on his channel.

[mao]

im using a 500gb external HD and have a few 250gb externals lying around so will use them.