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March 5th, 2022 10:00
Booting win 11 from an ssd via a ssd to usb adapter.
I have a perfectly booting ssd (WD 500GB) with 'win 11 Home' that I would like to boot up from an USB 3.0 port. The ssd is connected via an ssd to usb adapter, but is not detected in the bios boot selection. Is this even possible? The ssd woks normally as a data disk. I have the Inspiron 3891.
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speedstep
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March 5th, 2022 12:00
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WINDOWS to Go was removed by Microsoft in 2019, and is no longer available in Windows past May 2020 update (version 2004).
You could get 10 working on that ssd using rufus with the combination MBR UEFI boot and Serge Strellic Windows PE.
https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/sergei_strelecs_winpe.html
The Strelec ISO has a password on the RAR file which is strelec.
I use 7zip to extract the ISO from the RAR file.
https://www.7-zip.org/download.html
I then make bootable devices like usb ssd or flash drives into bootable usb windows using Rufus 3.17
Rufus 3.17
Once the universal ISO is made bootable with rufus it F12 boots and runs. So its possible with 10 but NOT EVER possible with 11.
Windows 10 removed features
Tesla1856
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March 5th, 2022 12:00
Not sure what you are trying is even really supported. However, you could try switching the BIOS to Legacy-Mode and Turn-Off Secure-Boot.
I would not recommend booting your real OS install that way.
Also Windows-11 might not like it.
https://www.dell.com/community/XPS-Desktops/XPS-8930-how-to-boot-from-USB/m-p/8160118/highlight/true#M69657