Ext SSD connected as internal for OS???

Jack Barrett · 16 Oct 2019 at 10:28

Hi All,

I have a samsung T5 which i have been using externally for a while.

However i would like to connect internally using a SATA to USB 'C' connector.

Do you think this would work and allow an os to be installed and ran off of this.

Ive never heard of it but there are cables for it for some reason or another.

Thanks

Jack

tamzzy · 16 Oct 2019 at 10:39

You can run windows off a usb SSD...

But I don't know whether you can initially install windows onto a usb SSD

Jack Barrett · 16 Oct 2019 at 11:17

Even if its connected to SATA port internally?

tamzzy · 16 Oct 2019 at 11:45

If you run it off an internal sata port, windows will see it as a sata ssd I think.

Seems like you can install windows directly to an external drive with a third party program
https://www.pcworld.com/article/3185777/how-to-install-windows-on-an-external-drive.amp.html