Thank you very much, took me 20 hours and 30 different videos until I figured it out all because of you!

it took only an hour to finish the whole process without any error:) thank you for the tutorial!

I had to go through several other videos to activate the ssd and open my bios but still came back to this vid to finish the process 👌🏽

Glad I found your channel. No bullshit and no crappy intro. Just content and knowledge.

@rido3753

8 ай бұрын

it did have a useless intro

Thank you, I just discovered your channel and this tip alone was worth subscribing. The only tip that I really needed was the "win-to-use" tool. Again, thanks and God bless

You sir are a life saver! My daughters hard drive died and she ordered a new one. Couldn't get windows to upload until watching this. Thank you so much and I sub'd!

@mathmos2526

Жыл бұрын

I am very sorry for your daugter, hard disk drives are very fragile and must be replaced by ssd if you cant handle them. i also broke a lot of drives and i usderstand the pain of loosing all your files , bye

@tryingmann3458

Ай бұрын

After using it as a bootable drive, can it still be used as a storage drive on other devices

@becks3six9

4 күн бұрын

Ofcourse, just format it​@@tryingmann3458

10/10 tutorial. Right to the point- no time wasted. Well done.

@rido3753

8 ай бұрын

how about the pointless intro that added no information that we came here for?

@squidward8261

6 ай бұрын

@@rido3753fr

Today I got a new SSD NVMe, but ran into a problem cause my mother board doesn't have a second m.2 port. You happen to be using the same portable I'm using to do this. Thank you for making this video. I was so lost.

Good, calm straight to the point tutorial.

@rido3753

8 ай бұрын

it wasnt straight to the point though was it now?

Excellent video bro...concise and straight to the point......thanks!!!

this video is an actual life saver. love you

Thanks for the tips! 👍

Thank you this seems so easy to do, I randomly got the blue screen on Monday when my pc has been fine for 2yrs on 10hrs a day daily use, and I spent litterly all of this week trying every single trouble shooting steps going, also backwards and forwards with microsoft they tried reinstalling windows on the actailly pc and that didn't work tried it twice second time it failed. I avoided doing this USB method just purely because I didn't have a USB, now if Microsoft told me I could use my plug in external hard drive I could of had thus fixed days ago, thank goodness for your video cause the rest of the videos I had watched made it really complicated when clearly it didn't need to be, so like and subbed hopefully by the the morning cause am gonna be up all night doing it I will finally have working pc again with no blue screens or random restarts 😊

In love that you didn’t have an “Intro” and went strait in !!!

Omg… this was a lifesaver!!! I tried for two days to clone my HDD to USB SSD and didn’t realize windows wouldn’t boot from it. I was able to load and boot windows using this method and my product key transferred automatically. It stinks that I now have to transfer the rest of the data manually, but it’s worth it to have the boot up speed and read and write speed of USB SSD over USB 3.1 over my old internal HDD.

@IslamicStudyTunes

2 жыл бұрын

Can u just use a cloning software ???

@IslamicStudyTunes

2 жыл бұрын

Pls get back to me

@Philly1224

2 жыл бұрын

No you can not. It will not boot properly. You have to get the mobile version of windows (used to be windows to go). Simply cloning won’t work.

@IslamicStudyTunes

2 жыл бұрын

@@Philly1224 cheers

@Philly1224

2 жыл бұрын

All the cloning software I tried did not transfer over the mobile windows ISO file in order to boot correctly. Cloning will just clone your current windows version which won’t boot correctly. If you follow the exact steps laid out in this video, it will work for you.

I love videos that start immediately.

very helpful, thank you, even after 3 years. still relevant. cheers!

Clean and clear, thanks bro

Great video bro. Thanks a lot.

You saved me with this video, thanks!

I spent the better part of my Saturday trying to get windows 11 to boot from an external drive only for it to tell me time and time again that it can't be installed to a USB device. I give up.

@justintime8176

7 ай бұрын

Only for 10

@tryingmann3458

Ай бұрын

After using it as a bootable drive, can it still be used as a storage drive on other devices

Love your content

This video is the truth, thank you so much for the helpful video

@CoilWhine

2 жыл бұрын

Np homie glad we could help

my 9 year old samsung harddrive is about to take a poop and i got that exact same samsung ssd so thank you so much life saver mang now im not worried about being out of commision for the dark and darker playtest#4

Awesome, thank You Brother!!!

Sir you're a really great explainer

Perfect tutorial

Just did this. 100% recommend yah

Thank you so much for help.

I thank you for this plain-good tutorial

Thanks so much!

Hey what about the content of my main hdd in which windows was previously installed, will it still be there after changing the boot drive ? Also I own a laptop and windows is pre-installed why will I need to buy windows again only to get it run on my ssd instead of hdd

This is a cool dude, yo. Thanks bro.

Thanks! Having to use my external ssd as my main drive because my ssd either offed itself when I fell asleep under my desk after work or I may have possibly wiped the entire thing windows included in my sleep for some unknown reason… Either way you saved the day!

Best tutorial, 10/10

Thanks man, I fried the shit out of my old harddrive and tried to clone my windows onto my ssd but it didn't work. This looks like its gonna be perfect

All this seems quite informative but I’m wondering if I could just use a program like macrium to clone my current windows install on my main computer onto an external drive and then plug it into the usbc or thunderbolt port on my laptop?

THANKS DUDD

Awesome !!

Thank you very much ! 🙏🙏🙏🙏

THANKS you so much.

Thanks for this. I've been messing around with a 15 year old laptop for about a month now because the SSD has a proprietary interface. The user doesn't want to spend too much money on it, understandably. But I'm so done with it, just gonna run it off an external SSD.

I have a Dell Rugged with a stupid caddy that crashes everthing when i install it... so this was a big help. Thanks

nice video. i just did it.. nice bro.

Nice tutorial

👉👐👈 Outstanding 'above stomach hand waving' throughout. 👏

just wanted to pay homage , made a pc for my cousin dont know what im doing had no internal memory and this saved my life and his pc easy and quick

@CoilWhine

Жыл бұрын

Thats really cool of you

@xaivier12345

Жыл бұрын

@@CoilWhine what was cooler was finding your video saw other similar videos and instantly was put to sleep and lost

@CoilWhine

Жыл бұрын

@@xaivier12345 hey thanks man thats nice to hear

Thank you for this amazing tutorial. I would like to know, is it possible to partition the SSD drive so that if i boot my Steam Deck normally from Linux, i can boot my Steam games on an SSD partition other than the Windows partition ?

@CoilWhine

2 жыл бұрын

Oh definitely, normally it would be easier to put windows on it and then use the linux bootloader later, hopefully steam os keeps this.

@vingag128

2 жыл бұрын

@@CoilWhine Thanks again

thank you finally

Hopefully youll read me. If i boot it from an external drive, will i be able to open the ssd inside the laptop as another drive? I mean, "C:" where windows is installed would be the external drive and the internal SSD would appear as a "D", just like a second hard drive on a cpu? thanks if anyone can help me

Thank you so much, very useful guide🙂 Does it work with External Thunderbolt 4 drives?

@CoilWhine

Жыл бұрын

Should

Is this for every external SSD? I was wondering would I need to do these same steps for samsung g drive ssd

im not really great with things like this but say for example im using a gaming pc right now ...if i do exactly as you do in this video install an outside external usb and then use that for lets say youtube or online shopping etc etc once i unplug that external usb and go back to the original pc tower then none of my youtube or shopping searches should appear on the original hard drive it should all be on the external?

Yip nice and clear thanx. One problem, you don't explain how external ssd/hdd must be formatted/partitioned. Following your instructions after running media creation, the iso to usb gives an error like 'no partition was found' or on a subsequent install it doesn't find an mbr section. My system is 64bit so I formatted mine with GPT setting. Please help.

very nice

@CoilWhine

2 жыл бұрын

thanks homie

hey question? Can you do this process for a laptop from another pc ... for instance I have a laptop with a damaged hard drive soldered to the PCB and I'm trying to use a external HD to run it until I get a new laptop

Cool! I found out my college let's you rent laptops from the library but it's really sandboxed and annoying. I'm going to try this in order to boot a separate OS.

@CoilWhine

2 жыл бұрын

Thats a fun idea lol

If I were to create the installation from a Windows PC, would I be able to plug this into a MacBook and use windows on it? I'm thinking that the boot priority may be an issue since you can't really get into BIOS, but I'm not sure.

Thank you

Good tutorial. I created this on an external ssd, only to find that the network/ethernet doesn't work when I boot to windows 10. (So I cannot install software there) 1: How do I get the right networking drivers for windows 10 while I still have network in Windows 11? 2: If I install drivers for networking (windows 10) will it mess up my networking when I boot back in to Windows 11? (I'm using an MSI ge66 laptop)

Did u get actual performance of your ssd .Please let me know . Thank you

can you use it on any computer or only the one that matches the hardware config ?

Hi, great tutorial. Thank you so much. However, it has been updated since. The tools are a bit more difficult to follow.

Thanks for this, I plan on being able to boot windows on a T7 ssd. Also dumb question(I’m new to this) So if I boot to windows on the external SSD Can I download the games to that same SSD, or I have to install the game to a different SSD/HD?

@CoilWhine

2 жыл бұрын

You can download and play games off this drive

How long does it take for the wing to USB to install the iso?

Hello.... Thank you very much for this excellent and right to the point video. I want to ask you something that i want to do: I have an Samsung nvme ssd already installed to my pc (inside, to motherboard) with windows 10 and few programs.... My question is: Can i take this ssd from inside motherboard, put it in an external enclosure with usb 3 gen 2 type c connection and make my pc boot from this without loose the installation and programs? In other words to move the current inner ssd outside and have the same win 10 installation without reformation? Thanks a lot in advance....

@guvenersoysal

Жыл бұрын

I'm actually trying to do this and couldn't get my drive to boot on both of my laptops. Somehow the enclosure isn't seen as a bootable device.

@user-vp7nu2om2o

Жыл бұрын

@@guvenersoysal Another thing that concerns me is that even though we manage to do it work, the speed of the SSD will not be as fast as inside due to type c connection limitations....🤔🤔🤔

@guvenersoysal

Жыл бұрын

@@user-vp7nu2om2o I've tried it with a sata samsung drive and performance was as internally connected. I doubt it'll be the same for the nvme though

Any chance you could do a similar step-by-step tutorial for Windows XP ? There's a mess on youtube in regards to that -- too often people mis-titleing their videos, with said videos just ending up being XP install to a PC tutorials (from an external source) . A lot of older programs / games just won't run on anything except XP , and having a plug-n-play Win XP from an external source would be really great ! Thanks .

Instead of installing programs on to new bootable external windows 10 ssd like office, how can I access the programs, files, etc on the old C drive that is internal in the pc?

@davida.davtian5917

2 жыл бұрын

I have the same question. I installed win 10 on new SSD drive, but after I logged from that drive - I lost access to all programs installed on hard drive, even from disk management I can't find existing hard drive. No Good :-(

@devonjohnson8536

2 жыл бұрын

You have to go into disk management and turn on your other driver

@xtrangerhigh7191

2 жыл бұрын

If you go to your program location and copy every file including the .exe and then execute from drive(user) you shall be able to run the program. You'll just have to delete the old files so you don't keep doubles!

might I suggest using rufus? for external drives tho you need to press alt + f to make rufus recognise the drive.

Will this work if I plan to boot using a MacBook? I need to use a few apps that’s only made for PC but don’t want to buy a PC. I’d like to continue to use my MacBook & just boot windows.

Nice guide! Just a note, GPT and MBR is not a choice between external SSD / HDD. GPT is needed for 64bit OS.

@TecNickelSwag

Жыл бұрын

Just a note...MBR is the most common format and is compatible with BIOS systems and has been used on 64-bit Windows installs forever. GPT is a newer type that works with UEFI systems. Also with GPT, users can create up to 128 partitions if they wanted to in which MBR cannot

@deeder001

10 ай бұрын

GPT is not needed for 64-bit OS. GPT is required to boot in UEFI Secure Boot mode. Can't boot from an MBR drive in Secure Boot Mode, only GPT. If not a boot drive, it doesn't matter.

@Helliox

7 ай бұрын

Aman tried being a smarty-pants and the karma came biting his ass.

Hi Coil, need your help. I had factory installed version of Windows 10 NVME SSD (128 GB) in my Dell laptop. However, I upgraded to 512 GB SSD and reinstalled Windows to 11. Now that same setup with apps from original SSD I want to use as external SSD with an enclosure and it should boot from that first SSD. I hear that it is possible. How will it work?

i'm planning on downloading linux on my hp envy laptop rather than windows because i'm not a big fan of windows. however, i have some important programs/games that only run on windows. i've heard about dual booting but i also heard that there are risks with overwriting data. so then would booting windows from an external ssd like you do in this video prevent these issues since they are on two completely different devices? (one being my laptop's internal ssd, and the other being an external)

@chovekb

2 жыл бұрын

Yes.

I've got a corrupt C drive on an HP AIO, & I'd like to use an M.2 PCIe (full install Win 10 OEM 256, removed when I upgraded to 512) to overwrite the AIO C drive.. any suggestions?

Can you BOOT an existing Windows installation using the Windows USB installer? In case you can't boot your Windows partition normally, can you use the Windows USB installer for that?

Thanks, I am going to be cloning a family members computer they run win7 on 4gb ram very slow pc, I am building her a pc with 16gb ram, 3200g not top of the line but fast enough for her never to worry about lagging while on Facebook etc (elderly lady), and since the drive is coming early with enclosure I plan to clone her drive, update etc from hdd to m.2 and wanted to see how to get it to boot, thanks again!

Hey thanks for the helpful video - When i get to the stage of selecting the drive in hasleo, no drives show up. I definitely have the SSD connected, do you have any tips for this? I cant find a solution anywhere

@CoilWhine

2 жыл бұрын

is the drive initiated?

How do I install windows on an SSD and then move that SSD into my laptop and make it the primary C (boot) drive from within?

They updated the software; using this tool, you must use Windows To Go USB setting, and use VHD installation mode for the maximum amount of space possible.

So with this setup, I can use the drive to boot to different laptops? I only ask because I repair laptops, and one of my business clients (a computer repair shop) never includes the SSD. This creates issues when I want to test my repair and functionality, and this tutorial would save me a huge headache. Thank you for your time.

@CoilWhine

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah you can boot the drive from almost any windows 10 capable machine

*"so obviously this is a lower end pc!"* *proceeds to show a 16 gb memory, 4 ghz CPU absolute gaming beast pc* *meanwhile me in my 1.50 ghz CPU, 4 gb memory running at 160 ping and 20 fps thinking i have an at the very least average pc*

Hey ive got a question, could i still use my laptop’s internal hard discs to store games and stuff?

@CoilWhine

2 жыл бұрын

Well.. yes

Hello sir my old laptop stops working as my sata hdd crashed. So can i use a external hdd or a external ssd via usb port and install Windows 7 and do all the work.

do the 2 programs you used do the same job? should we use both? i am confused

@fiirasmusic5366

2 жыл бұрын

The first one is for downloading software setup and the second one is for putting the setup file into the hard drive and preparing it for the setup

I have personal files on my SSD external. Will this process format everything ?

Why don’t you guys always go straight to the point

@ApuBIN

19 күн бұрын

Because they have to reach a certain time for ad revenue

@bladaid9093

18 күн бұрын

​@@ApuBINjokes on them i dont get ads

i have a problem in the WinToUSB part. when i select the destination drive at 4:20 and select GPT for UEFI and then click yes, the drive gets ejected and WinToUSB gives me an error that "The system cannot write to the specified device." with error code (0x0005006304060000) and then i have to initialize the disk again and create a new simple volume in Disk Management for the drive to work as normal again

I have a hard drive from my old computer connected to an external cable but it doesn’t boot it acts like it wants to but it blue screens every time any reason why this might be and any possible fixes

is thr any method to use windows 10 pro instd ow windows home with a external sad?

you dont need the partition that's on the external drive to be set to active do you? or do you..

Question ! Can I do this and then clone my cdrive on it ???

you think this would work better than an internal HDD? I have a working laptop I cant (due to policies) open that have an internal HDD and is slow as hell... I want to clone that disk to an external USB3 SSD and boot from there.. no gaming, just office stuff

great video..thank you,,,, I have a samsung 970 EVO NVMe M2 1 terrabite in a sleeve to use external. I intend to follow your instructions. BUT..how do I get my apps along with all the data, photos etc. I want to use this external drive as if it is its own computer. How can I do this? Do you have a video on it? many thanks

@CoilWhine

2 жыл бұрын

Its easy, just plug it onto another computer and move the files into the external drives user/document folder

Does the SSD external has to be fresh or can i have some files on it ?

I always have issue running Windows from external usb. Wud you Plz tell me why I can not remove my Internal hdd and use usb external hdd adapter and run windows? Thanks a lot

Did this and it says The boot configuration data for your PC is missing ir contains errors? any fix ?

Hello, please what happens when I put the drive on the motherboard. Will it boot from it?

If u put out an ssd from a laptop, put it in an external ssd case and connect it with usb in another laptop without OS, will not work?

Can i just install it directly to my hard drive if i can use my hard drive like an external hard drive

Can I use this method and an SSD to USB adapter to boot from an old SSD (already has windows installed) that's not compatible with a new motherboard and then clone onto a new internal SSD?

@CoilWhine

2 жыл бұрын

I dont believe so, from what i can tell it has to be a fresh install of windows