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Can I put Windows 10 on my internal SSD and Linux on my external 1TB removable drive? (alien.top)

submitted 2 years ago by Iron-Rat@alien.top to c/framework@hardware.watch

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I tried to flash a Linux ISO onto that drive with balenaEtcher which I have done with countless USB drives, and for some reason I get an error when trying to boot into the drive. Do I need to use the USB Live boot version? Thanks

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[–] T900Kassem@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I can't help with the Linuxing or the external boot drive but you should honestly just run Windows 11 instead of 10. Framework doesn't officially support 10, and after the initial setup, I've noticed no downsides to it day to day

[–] Iron-Rat@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Oh really? Crap, I’ll have to upgrade then. I installed win10, and don’t see an automatic way to upgrade so I’ll have to dig around a little

[–] ShirleyMarquez@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Windows Update should offer you the upgrade. If it does not, you can go to the site for installing Windows 11 (https://www.microsoft.com/software-download/windows11) and upgrade there.

[–] Iron-Rat@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I had to do a fresh install cause win10 doesn’t support the tpm chip :(