For this reason you will need to use a separate drive to copy the Bootcamp Software into the new Bootcamp Installation. Mac OS X cannot write to the Windows drive out of the box. Once this has downloaded copy it to a spare USB drive separate from SSD you will be using to install Bootcamp. Thanks to Reddit user sadalhayat for identifying this link. Download Bootcamp Software for Windows 10Īpple offer a prepackaged driver installation for Bootcamp.Ĭlick here to download the Bootcamp 6.0 drivers for Windows 10 via the Apple CDN. The download is 3.7GB so it may take some time, the next steps will prepare your system to install Windows 10 to the USB SSD. Windows 10 can be purchased from the Microsoft Store.Ĭlick here to access the Windows 10 download page.įollow the prompts to download Windows 10 installation disk. Windows 10 is available to download from Microsoft and allows a grace period to license the installation. Basic understanding of VirtualBox and installing Windows.

A spare USB drive with a minimum of 2GB of storage to copy the Bootcamp Drivers over to Windows.

A USB 3.0 SSD similar to the Samsung T1 ( a flash storage device will not be fast enough).

A Mac which supports booting from a USB Device ( see Apple Support: Mac computers that support Windows 10).

You’ll need a few things to complete this guide: Read on to find out how! What you’ll need: Luckily with the power of virtualisation it’s easy to bypass these pesky limitations and get Bootcamp running entirely off the external USB SSD drive without making any changes to the internal SSD. It’s more than fast enough to run Windows as if it were running directly on the internal drive. Unfortunately Windows refuses to install to any USB based storage which has historically been far too slow to run a fully fledged operating system.īut that’s no issue for the T1 which by Samsung’s own estimates can reach up to 450MB/s.

Enter the Samsung Portable SSD T1, this speedy little drive is small enough to hang off the side of my Macbook without getting in the way and a bump or two won’t damage it.

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