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Installing Windows 10 on USB via VMware
Hello,
I have installed Windows 10 in my Corsair 64 GB USB drive via VMware, the issue here is that, the boot of windows on vmware on that USB is very slow.... Am I missing something?
I have installed Windows 10 in my Corsair 64 GB USB drive via VMware, the issue here is that, the boot of windows on vmware on that USB is very slow.... Am I missing something?
ASKER
Thanks for your reply,
So there is no way to do this on usb drive? I have a Samsung T1 SSD, will that work?
So there is no way to do this on usb drive? I have a Samsung T1 SSD, will that work?
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I've just tried it on an SSD drive and it works good,
But I have a question, since i'm going to use Windows 10 loaded from that ssd drive most of the times, will that decrease the ssd drive life and its efficiency?
But I have a question, since i'm going to use Windows 10 loaded from that ssd drive most of the times, will that decrease the ssd drive life and its efficiency?
No
ASKER
Can you explain?
Windows 10 is not going to wear out your SSD
The SSD is going to fail before it wears out and then your PC will not have the specification to run that new OS in the future.
I still have Windows 7 running on an SSD for 6 years now on older generations of SSD.
So no issues with Windows 10 on SSD different technology is used in SSD compared to USB thumb drives
The SSD is going to fail before it wears out and then your PC will not have the specification to run that new OS in the future.
I still have Windows 7 running on an SSD for 6 years now on older generations of SSD.
So no issues with Windows 10 on SSD different technology is used in SSD compared to USB thumb drives
also - on what pc is this running? if you run it from USB 2 ports - you can suspect it to be slow
usb 3 will be better
usb 3 will be better
"A USB flash drive is not designed to run an Operating System." - not entirely correct. Microsoft has certified a few models of flash drives for portable windows installations called "windows to go". The performance on those is remarkably good.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/planning/windows-to-go-overview lists some drives.
Please note that your use case is different with VMware. Surely, you should use an USB3 connected SSD and you will have no performance problems.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/planning/windows-to-go-overview lists some drives.
Please note that your use case is different with VMware. Surely, you should use an USB3 connected SSD and you will have no performance problems.
ASKER
thank you all
THIS IS TO BE EXPECTED.
Also Virtual USB also virtualises USB I/O making it slower!
Use a hard drive or SSD.