" How big (in bytes) does the USB drive need to be to create Win10 Home or Office on it? " It's been a while but Win10 used to get those fairly regularly - it's anyone's guess whether that'll happen in the future because Win11. The exception is that Windows installed to a USB drive or VHD cannot / will not handle a version upgrade that requires a reinstall. "Once Windows is set up and running and can see the internet, Windows Updates work as they normally do." I can use a hot key during post to bring up a boot drive menu, a Win2Go drive uses the exact same Win10 you'd install normally, so no reason it needs to be limited to emergency situations. Running off an SSD the 2 main problems are 1) it can be a hassle to boot from USB, and 2) software Win10 auto-installs when it's used on some hardware can be incompatible with any other brand. The original Win 2 Go idea, AFAIK, was to set up a copy of Win10 as you wanted/needed, and have that available using any PC/laptop. "But booting from USB should never be considered a legitimate way to run windows on a daily basis." The enclosures to put the SSD in start at $7 at Newegg. You can usually pick up a ~120GB SSD for ~$20, though Netac has been selling them for $14 on eBay. "running off a USB drive is really slow."Ī Win2Go drive using an SSD in a USB connected external housing runs almost as well as Windows on an internal drive.
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