8 on a 120 gb pen drive

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i have a wd 1 tb green and its slow i also have a 120 gb pen drive could i just install os a few programs and games on it as a hard drive kinda thing and leave it in the back of the comp?
 
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If it were that easy, millions of people would have done it already, and documented it in detail.

Windows does not like to be installed on a removable drive.
Yes, there is WindowsToGo, but only as a part of Win8 Enterpricse.

You might actually get it to work, but it is not an easy process.

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If it were that easy, millions of people would have done it already, and documented it in detail.

Windows does not like to be installed on a removable drive.
Yes, there is WindowsToGo, but only as a part of Win8 Enterpricse.

You might actually get it to work, but it is not an easy process.
 
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