Windows 10 installed on USB external hard drive (using command mode)

The software company has released the Windows 10 release on July 29, 2015, which is a combination of Windows 7 plus Windows 8 on the interface.

The start and function columns come back. The software provides Windows 7 and Windows 8 or 8.1 consumers with a free upgrade to Windows 10 in a year; this article says

To make the command prompt mode, install Windows 10 on the USB external hard disk method:

This method needs to use the Windows CD-ROM image file, the image file download: Windows 10 official download. This method is an installed system with a conventional BIOS

Motherboard MBR HDD mode, if you are using the UEFI motherboard, after the installation is complete, you must change the motherboard's drive mode from the original UEFI to Legacy,

To use the external hard drive, change the method to see: The UEFI host board is closed secure Boot.

1. After opening Windows 10, click "Search" and enter "cmd".

2. At the command prompt, click the right mouse button and click "Perform as a system administrator".

3. The command prompt is displayed as shown in the following image, pressing the "ctrl+ blank key on the keyboard to cancel the Chinese input mode.

4. Enter "diskpart", press the "enter" key of the keyboard, and execute the command of Disk Management. Can be copied into the command, the right mouse button directly paste in the command prompt character, the operation is more convenient.

5. The "diskpart" has been executed as shown in the following image.

6. Enter "list disk", press the "enter" key of the keyboard to view the number of the disk, as shown below, the 2 TB USB external hard drive that you want to install is 2.

7. Enter "select disk 2", press the "enter" key of the keyboard and select USB external hard drive.

8. Enter the "clean" and press the "enter" key of the keyboard to clear the external hard disk information.

9. Enter "create partition primary", press the key of the keyboard, and set up the main partition.

10. Enter "format Fs=ntfs quick", press the keyboard's "enter" key, and quickly format the disk partition as NTFS format.

11. Enter the "assign", and automatically assign the disk number.

12. Enter the "active", press the "enter" key of the keyboard, assign the disk to use, and the disk must be designated as the "active" to open the machine.

13. Enter "exit", press the "enter" key of the keyboard and leave the diskpart"program.

14. Open the file, the USB "g" is the symbol, as shown in the following image, remember this generation.

15. Right-click on the Windows 10 disc image and click "Hang Up" to download the image file as a virtual disc. Download the Windows 10 Image archive: Windows 10 official edition download.

16. Download the Windows 10 virtual machine for "i", and remember this generation.

17. Enter "dism/apply-image/imagefile:i:sourcesinstall.wim/index:1/applydir:g:" in the command prompt character

Type I for the Windows 8 source of the CD-ROM, g for the USB external hard drive, press the keyboard "enter" key, the Windows installed to the USB external hard disk.

18. The image file is being applied, and the time of copying is based on the performance of the computer and the external device used for a few minutes. Use the USB 3.0 external drive with a USB 3.0 slot for a 5-6 minute copy.

19. The image file is completed.

20. Enter the "bcdboot.exe g:windows/f all/s g:"〈 type G for USB external hard drive, press the "enter" key of the keyboard,

Set up the open file case. After the opening file has been established, close the command prompt and end the installation of Windows 10 on the USB external hard disk.

21. Open the file, Windows 10 has been installed to the USB external hard drive, as shown in the following image.

22. Plug the external hard drive into the computer's USB slot, and then enter the BIOS to set the external hard drive as the first priority, see: Setting the BIOS's opening sequence to the CD first

(You can also press the Quick key on the keyboard to display the Startup menu, and then select the device to open, Acer's computer presses "f12", and the Masters computer presses "esc"

, other brands see: Quick keys for common notebook computers, the graphics of the machine are shown below, click "Next" to start the installation of Windows 10;

Installation of Windows 10: Install Windows 10.

Windows 10 installed on USB external hard drive (using command mode)