a free virtual machine software from VMWare)

[Kinnyr900]

Hi,

I'm wondering if this post is saying that I would be able to run windows on an external hard drive Like a usb ssd drive. If not could you explain this?

With VMWare player (a free virtual machine software from VMWare) you can create a "dummy" virtual machine (VM) and install your windows there while still running the main Windows. The trick is you have to set physical drive access to the external hard drive for the "dummy" VM
instead of giving it virtual disk/drive.

 

[USAFRet]

Hi,

I'm wondering if this post is saying that I would be able to run windows on an external hard drive Like a usb ssd drive. If not could you explain this?

With VMWare player (a free virtual machine software from VMWare) you can create a "dummy" virtual machine (VM) and install your windows there while still running the main Windows. The trick is you have to set physical drive access to the external hard drive for the "dummy" VM
instead of giving it virtual disk/drive.

You can run a Virtual Machine from any drive.
Performance may suffer going through the USB bus, but you can do it.