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Installing Windows on an external SSD, is Windows To Go still the preferred method?
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this post was submitted on 06 Sep 2023
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how fast is the SSD?
"Sequential Read/Write speeds up to 3,500/3,300 MB/s respectively" from the Amazon listing, it's an NVME drive being used in a JSAUX Dock that has an NVME enclosure
Do you have a license or nah?
If nah, use Rufus to remove the license and tpm check.
So Windows To Go is still the way? I saw some stuff that suggested Microsoft didn't support it anymore so I wondered how viable it was. I do have Windows on my old PC tied to my account, no idea if that's transferable to any degree but I assume not
if you want to use your current license then windows to go is the way to do that.
What setting do you do in Rufus to remove those checks?
Quick google says it just removes the requirement for a Microsoft account, but that doesn’t mean it removes license checks. Or does it?
the Microsoft account is the license check on install now. skipping that will let you create a local account without providing a license.
your installation will not be activated, there's scripts you can run to turn off the watermark.
That's a neat dock.
I've been pretty impressed with it, the only problem is the lack of a third USB connection, if I have a mouse and keyboard plugged into it there's no space for a memory stick or anything