I have had this video saved on my bookmarks for a couple years. It never lets me down. 👍🏼

Dude, you have no idea of how you saved my life. For posteriority: tried October 2021 with a PC from 2018, with a Samsung SSD of 256Go. Worked perfectly.

Love your CLEAR, Patient Voice and simple instruction; GREAT JOB! Thank you.

Even in 2022, this has helped me immensely with reviving a dead 2011 Toshiba Laptop 🤣 Thank you so much for being able to help me bring back my computer

Well explained easy to follow. I was trying to install windows on a EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE as well and the normal process wouldn't go thru because Windows does not allow "INSTALLATION THROUGH USB" but i came across your video and now i have it running thanks to you and wintousb lol. Thanks man keep the hard work! 🥰

3 years later and still worth it. Thanks

This is the first tutorial that works 100% of the time no matter what device its for. I can never thank you enough for how great you are. Works with each of my drives and computers no matter how many times I do this to new ones or for friends and family. Thanks man.

Phenomenal tutorial. You spoke so clearly, all steps were easy to follow and complete, and most importantly, everything works! A like and subscription from me!

at first i had no hope and then i found your video and it worked thank you

Massive thanks for this video. I've now successfully installed Windows 10 on an external SSD drive and with the help of another video set up updates to install. It runs like a dream too, much better than Bootcamp on the same HDD. Thanks!!

Thanks for this; it's the only approach that worked for me! The latest version of WinToUSB has a new dialog box asking whether you want to use GPT for UEFI for MBR for BIOS. GPT didn't work for me, but MBR did. I happen to be using a Y700 too, so this tutorial was extra-helpful. Thanks again!

I wanted to install Windows 10 on my USB External Hard Drive for game development purposes. Then, I found out that I couldn't do the installation normally through a bootable USB Flash Drive, so I thought that this video would be useful for people since I watched a few too many tutorials with text on Notepad on KZfaq!

IF YOU DON'T CLEAN THAT MONITOR, SO HELP ME GOD.

Thanks for all the information. Note: Make sure that you make SSD disk an MBR disk on Disk Management. For GPT disks, WinToUSB Next button will be disabled.

Dude thanks. After spending hours in agony, I can now feel the sweetness of bliss.

YOU ARE A FRICKING LEGEND, ive been trying to install Windows 10 on the ssd i got from christmas for the past 2 days and you solved it Quick and easy, you made my day, thank you SO much

I followed the instructions and the result was as expected. Very good and detailed presentation. Thank you very much.

Thank you for this guide hun everything works perfectly on my new pc you’ve brought me much happiness your directions were straight forward and simple and just Incase anyone is concerned you can do this on a different pc and then take the external hard drive and simply plug it into the pc that you want to have Windows 10 and when you turn the pc on it will automatically boot windows set up like he said. for me my pc did restart itself after loading windows for a few minutes when it turned back on it was finished loading and I could start the set up

thanks alot my laptop hard drive broke so im using a 2TB external hard drive now i can bring my old laptop back to life thanks to you

Indeed a life saving video, I spent close to 8 hours just to stumble on this

Guys this is outstanding, just imagen after installing it you can plug it in and it runs normally. great video man keep it up you have helped much.

This is one of the best tutorials i have seen. a lot of tutorials waffle on and its to long.. You went through each step quickly and concisely. Really enjoyed it bro. I've subscribed to you now. will have a look through your other videos. do you have a tutorials for writing python?

Four years later and this saved my girl's laptop. TNX

4 years later and your still helping peeps, thankyou

Can I perform the installation of Windows iso using WinToUSB on my desktop computer but I will use the external hard drive as main boot drive in my laptop computer? Edit: It works. I tried it.

Thank you for this informational video. I tried every method I could possibly find. This was the only one that worked. 🙏🏼 you’re awesome!

Thank you for being a normal person! Thank God! We are so few in the world today. And thank you for being precise.

Many thanks and blessings to you good sir. After battling with the orcs in bios I was able to follow your instructions and with great relief I was one step closer. You are the true King!

Thank you for this, my laptop's internal hard drive failed and I don't have the money to get it repaired or to replace it so I'm hopeful I can just use an external hard drive instead

After I restarted the computer it's opened on external driver! I would like to say thank you!

This method still works as I was having problems with my corrupted internal SSD on my Amazon pre-built Desktop by CyberpowerPC, and I had to use another storage device, which happens to be the Samsung Portable SSD T5 1TB. Thank you MicrowaveSam for this simple tutorial. FYI I had to buy a license for WinToUSB because the option of Keeping the Same Partition is not available for the free version. BUT!!!! It is worth buying $29.95 for a method that is foolproof compared to having to buy a completely getup or build to fix a windows booting problem. Again, thank you SAM!!!!

I paid 20 dollars for an Esurus subscription to transfer my OS to new SSD and it was still harder to use than the steps in this video, thank you.

It worked perfectly I recommend this tutorial. Very well explained

Great video man. I'm extremely happy this was the video I watched instead of the other videos. The quality of this was amazing, simple, neat and clean.

The people that dislike this video are computer shops and those that want to charge for this info, LAMES! Thank you sir excellent tutorial!! Thumbs Up!!!!!

dude YOU ROCK! My western digi 1 tb on my y700 just started clanking! I PUT WINDOWS10 ON EXTERNAL USB DRIVE, SKIPPED CDRIVE, POERED UP AND RECOVERED MOST C DRIVE B4 REPLACING IT! SWEEEEET!!!!

Great video! This helped me to make it all work, thanks!!

I did everything but my pc doesn’t recognize my old hdd as a storage device

i like ur voice. its calm and not screaming in you're face like every other persons video.

The MegaMan 3 ending credits song gives the cherry on top of this. Very helpful

I like how he's proud of his 500 Gb drive

I like how he is fast acting like we did it before

My Lenovo ideapad 5 not have Bios legacy support,so cannot boot my hdd external windows created.It’s any solution?

You fucking legend. Spent about 5 hours trying to get windows 11 on my new ssd and nothing worked, not even usb then I gave my external hdd a shot not expecting it to work but then discovered this video and it did!

You forgot to mention that WinToUSB requires activation/payment to install Windows 10 Pro. Kind of a deal breaker for this whole approach.

Can i do this process (install windows 10 on usb hard drive) then replace the local hard drive for the one i had on my usb hard drive?

People like you are the HERO'S of KZfaq! Thank you!!

I spent days trying to clone my win10 onto samsung ssd but bios said drive wasn't accessible so total frustration. I followed your instructions and -perfect. Thank you so much. Your video is excellent without the usual. hype. Brilliant!

Good explanation but maybe hit that screen first with a swifter before posting.

It was very helpful thank you ! But I have a problem, I wanted to reinstall Windows 10 on a PC, I installed it but it only detect my USB external drive and the internal hard drive. How can I resolve this problem and install correctly ? Thanks

I'm using this vid to install windows 10 home on an external ssd sandisk for use on an 'atari vcs' (the new one ofc). I followed the vid precisely, but wintousb did ask me how I wanted to format the drive (and gave me like 4 options). I chose the first one on the left (since that seemed to be the default). I had already formatted the drive exactly how you showed. We'll see how it goes. :) Thanks for making the vid.

Excellent! it worked well with wintousb 3.5 version. newer version doesn't allow to copy win 10 pro. I was sitting on one lenovo yoga 13 for 2 days to fix, in which the mSata hdd damaged. I tried many apps to use an external USB hdd to work. finally this trick worked! thanks a lot

Question: Can I still use the hard drive for storing other files after I'm done with this process?

So I did all this booted successfully into windows 10... Set it up and shutdown it properly. But the when I booted in again.. I have blue screen of death saying "Your pc ran into problem and needs to restart. You can restart." Critical service failed is the error. Help!!!

even after 5 years this tutorial works awesome thanks man

Most KZfaq tutorials suck - I am glad your video is the exception. This still works as of 7/30/21. Thank you so much!

Great video, very helpful :-)

very good ... well done just one comment as I had troubles to go to Next after I reach min 7:10 if you stuck and the Next button not active you need to delete the partition convert the USB drive to MBR partition scheme and create the system and boot partitions. The system partition must be FAT32 format and the boot partition must be NTFS format. • Booting BIOS-based computers: Please convert the USB drive to MBR partition scheme and create the system and boot partitions. The system partition can be FAT32 or NTFS format and the boot partition must be NTFS format. The system partition and boot partition can be the same partition. • Booting UEFI-based computers: Please convert the USB drive to GPT partition scheme and create the EFI system partition (ESP)and boot partition. The EFI system partition must be FAT32 format and the boot partition must be NTFS format www.easyuefi.com/resource/convert-gpt-to-mbr.html for more details

Even now, this video has helped me get into my Razer blade 14 (2014) and you now have an extra sub! Thanks again!!

Heelo, Just came back to say thankyou, loved your " straight to the point" points. It was a pleasant video to watch, and helpful.

im selecting the destination disk but it keeps saying: sector size not supported.

for me its stuck at 0 percent

"cant use this feature in free trial" exits app. closes video.

wintousb not free it gives when i choose "windows10 pr " trial version dosen't suppoert to install windows 10 pro

Help. I cant get past the destination disk selection. Wintousb doesnt highlight the next button. what can i do?

Thx rice gum great video

4 years later and it still works!

I gave it a shot and can confirm this works. Thank you so much ❤️

what happens to the data in your current internal HDD? is it still there or is it lost ?

not letting me hit next at 7:38

The one video that actually worked for me. Thank you so much!

Thank you for the superb instructions. your procedure worked perfectly after I spent days trying EVERYTHING else!

i have a problem when i click "create installation media for another pc" and leave the default settings i click next and it doesn't give me a "which flash drive would you like to install windows on?" or a file selection it just says , "you need 8 gb free from (C:)" can someone help me?? ps i cant erase the 8 gb i need, they are computer files that i can't erase

Great video I would change the link to the 3.5 version to allow windows 10 without paying. Also add the fact that the drive will need to be converted to mbr if it is gpt... go to manage delete volume and right click disk then convert to mbr then format drive in ntfs.... Link for 3.5 filehippo.com/download_wintousb/73839/

Thank you very much. I spend my time for this thing and then i saw you video. Grateful ❤

thank you so much, this video guides me to install windows 10 onto an external usb hard drive successfully.

how do you get in bios on the windows 10 installed on usb

I will have to watch the video again before I try it, but your instructions were excellent--easy to understand and follow.

You are doing a good job explaining things and I like your step-by-step thorough way that you do it. Keep up the good work. Many of us appreciate it. The Trolls with their inane comments below have no life and do not appreciate anything.

FANTASTIC!! So clear & concise. Worked perfectly. THANK YOU!!

Very neat explanation. This procedure still works (October 2021) with minor adaptations.

Thank you very much for the useful information mate. Who else danced along with the melody?

you should change your name to WizardSam I have tried everything and luckily found your video. you should be working for oracle or google. you are precise, well spoken, well researched and seem very personable also. Bravo for not being a mouth runner about your personal issues and dogs barking!!! Thank you so much

thx for your video man, i've tried a lot of videos but i couldn't fix the problem and yours did help me one time, keep it up

Impressive that you did this in one take

your voice is so calming.. and the video is very helpful, thanks man

Thank you for this video how-to. I was SOL with an internal hard drive connection gone. This knowlede saved the day.

I’m doing this now and so far this video is super helpful, when I gets it done and working I’ll let you know , thanks bro ✌️✌️✌️

Thank you very much man!! it works when I changed the boot mode, priority , and fast boot as you said !! Yay!

Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!

Hi, thanks for the tutorial! Still needed today, still highly appreciated!

Amazing, exceptionally clearly explained. Sincere appreciation I've never watched a KZfaq video that was so explicative and straightforward.🌺💚

Thank you for posting a vlog w/o music to distract from your very information explanation

Right information. I have successfully installed windows 10 on external hdd

I am super impressed by how my Sandisk Cruiser glide handles this so smoothly, it’s only 32 gb and I don’t think I was meant to be fast

Trying to do it in a mac

Awesome video you saved my day you talk my kind of talk. Understood completely what you were saying I did your steps and was successful . Thanks for a great presentation

Thanks for the tutorial. I couldn't select anything at the "please select the efi system partition" step and couldn't proceed. The solution was to create a second, smaller partition on the same disk in FAT32 format.

Works great. Thanks for the recommendation and tutorial. I installed Windows 10 x64 on a Sandisk SSD Plus 128GB for a HP Stream 11". The eMMC failed and BIOS could not access the original OS on that drive for whatever reason. Booted into Windows just like normal. (Windows 10 Home 64-bit version 1903, with free installer software)

Thanks a lot! This video was really helpful. Wish you all the best. Keep creating more videos.