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I needed specific drivers for the 3D modeling software. Downloading them onto this sluggish external system was painful. Installing them was worse. Every time the installer prompted for a system restart, I had to pray that the BIOS would recognize the external drive as a bootable device again. Three times, I had to go back into the BIOS to manually override the boot order because Windows Update decided it preferred the internal empty shell of the Chrome OS. install windows on an external hard drive

Rufus is a free tool that simplifies creating a bootable external Windows drive. Error code: 0x

I waited. And waited. The hard drive activity light was blinking furiously, a frantic strobe light signaling that the poor drive was overwhelmed. It was trying to boot a modern operating system while simultaneously indexing files and running background services on a 5400 RPM platter. Downloading them onto this sluggish external system was