Hi guys, basically as the title says I want to make external SSD drive with Windows to go for the stuff that I really need Windows for unfortunately (proprietary CAD software) but there is no software for making this on Linux that I can find

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    27 days ago

    Boot to WinPE and use Rufus to create one maybe? Not sure if WTG still works though.

    I personally never used WTG. If you’re planning to use this across multiple machines/hw configs, I don’t think the normal windows can handle it as you’d have to install the correct drivers every time. I recall there being some hardware profile thing at bootup but not so sure. (that was XP)

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        27 days ago

        well then it should defo work, it’s just a normal windows installation done to a usb3 drive instead of sata/nvme.

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          I will update the post with the results and my final solution. for now the new SSD I bought online hadn’t arrived yet to test this the older one I used before was kinda faulty I decided to buy a new one with a USB 3.2 enclosure