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This is because some portable hard drives stop spinning when Windows is rebooted. If your computer is not able to boot using the external hard drive, then try turning off the PC and the external hard drive both first and then power them up at the same time. Select the “Mass Storage Media” from the list to start the Windows 10 installation.
Here are the steps I took to successfully install Windows 10 using an external hard drive: So I decided to use my external hard drive as the installation media to install Windows 10 on my new laptop.
I have USB 2.0 pendrives but they are very slow when copying or reading files. I have used it to install Windows a zillion times. It so happened this week that my old favorite USB 3.0 pendrive stopped working.