In the end, you sit back, watch the “Getting files ready for installation” screen, and realize: an old external hard drive just saved you from hunting for a DVD or an 8 GB flash drive.
First, you open and delete all partitions on the external drive. Then you create a single primary partition, format it as NTFS , and mark it as active (so the computer knows it can boot from it). install windows from external hard drive
You mount the Windows ISO (double-click it in Windows 10/11) or extract it with 7-Zip. Then you simply copy all files and folders from the ISO to the external drive. That’s it — no special tools needed. In the end, you sit back, watch the