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Macbook Tip: How to Install and Run Windows on an external USB Drive - Windows To Go

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WARNING for Touch Bar Macbooks - make sure audio driver is up to date: http://lon.tv/9q43x - Buy the PNY drive here: http://lon.tv/lvcxp (affiliate link). Buy a mac here: http://lon.tv/tnc98 (affiliate link) - Macbook and iMac owners can install Windows on an external USB drive and boot natively to Windows with these steps. This is ideal for gamers, other apps easier run in a virtual machine alongside OS X. Prerequisites:
  • Windows PC (virtualized PC might work too)
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Introduction

0:02

Alternative to this method (Bootcamp / Virtualization)

0:53

Prerequisites

2:24

Windows 10 ISO download instructions

4:41

Downloading Mac drivers for Windows from Apple

6:01

Using Rufus to create the Windows To Go installation

7:46

Copying Windows drivers to the SSD

10:42

Prepping the Mac to boot Windows

11:26

How to direct the Mac to boot from external drive

12:09

Finishing the Windows installation on the Mac

13:37

Licensing and activation

14:10

Installing Windows drivers

14:51

Conclusion and Final Thoughts

17:24
Macbook Tip: How to Install and Run Windows on an external USB Drive - Windows To Go
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2016Nov 20
WARNING for Touch Bar Macbooks - make sure audio driver is up to date: http://lon.tv/9q43x - Buy the PNY drive here: http://lon.tv/lvcxp (affiliate link). Buy a mac here: http://lon.tv/tnc98 (affiliate link) - Macbook and iMac owners can install Windows on an external USB drive and boot natively to Windows with these steps. This is ideal for gamers, other apps easier run in a virtual machine alongside OS X. Prerequisites:
  • Windows PC (virtualized PC might work too)
  • USB Flash drive & adapters if needed
  • USB Keyboard and mouse (this is a cheaper alternative to what I showed in the video - http://lon.tv/ircav (affiliate link)
Other drives that are known to work in my testing: Samsung T3 - http://lon.tv/upmxz (affiliate link) Sandisk Extreme SSD - http://lon.tv/w6i4z (affiliate link) See how it performs vs. a Windows laptop:    • Windows 10 on MacBook Pro 15 vs. Dell XPS ...   What happens if you unplug the SSD? See here:    • Lon.TV Snippet: Unplugging an SSD Acting a...   VIDEO INDEX: 00:02 - Introduction 00:53 - Alternative to this method (Bootcamp / Virtualization) 02:24 - Prerequisites 04:41 - Windows 10 ISO download instructions 06:01 - Downloading Mac drivers for Windows from Apple 07:46 - Using Rufus to create the Windows To Go installation 10:42 - Copying Windows drivers to the SSD 11:26 - Prepping the Mac to boot Windows 12:09 - How to direct the Mac to boot from external drive 13:37 - Finishing the Windows installation on the Mac 14:10 - Licensing and activation 14:51 - Installing Windows drivers 17:24 - Conclusion and Final Thoughts Subscribe to my email list to get a weekly digest of upcoming videos! - http://lon.tv/email See my second channel for supplementary content : http://lon.tv/extras Visit the Lon.TV store to purchase some of my previously reviewed items! http://lon.tv/store Read more about my transparency and disclaimers: http://lon.tv/disclosures Want to chat with other fans of the channel? Visit our forums! http://lon.tv/forums Want to help the channel? Start a Patreon subscription! http://lon.tv/patreon Follow me on Facebook!   / lonreviewstech   Follow me on Twitter!   / lonseidman   Catch my longer interviews in audio form on my podcast! http://lon.tv/itunes http://lon.tv/stitcher or the feed at http://lon.tv/podcast/feed.xml Follow me on Google+ http://lonseidman.com

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