{"id":112,"date":"2017-11-21T20:32:43","date_gmt":"2017-11-21T20:32:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.fruitbyte.com\/?p=112"},"modified":"2017-11-27T06:55:17","modified_gmt":"2017-11-27T06:55:17","slug":"running-windows-10-from-external-drive-on-mac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dev.fruitbyte.com\/?p=112","title":{"rendered":"Running Windows 10 from external drive on Mac"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some time ago I was able to create bootable Windows 10 installation on external SSD drive. It worked perfectly and I was able to play all Windows only games. However, it all went south when I upgraded my Macbook Pro to new 2017 model&#8230; Well. Old USB drivers stopped working, so after boot I could not use either keyboard nor mouse. Apparently there are many step-by-step instructions on how to install Window 8 and 10 on external drive, but many of them are outdated or do not cover my specific problem. Luckily there&#8217;s a discussion thread on Apple&#8217;s own support forum on how to troubleshoot and fix similar issues.<br \/>\nIn my case I had to download new set of drivers from Bootcamp Assistant and install them. Luckily I found external USB keyboard that worked with Macbook!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/discussions.apple.com\/thread\/7587958?start=0&#038;tstart=0\">Here&#8217;s the thread you may find useful.<\/a><br \/>\nAnother good tutorial on how to fix drivers issue using a VM (if you can boot your bootcamp in VM):<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/support.twocanoes.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/203759489-Solution-for-non-functional-keyboard-and-mouse-after-Windows-7-Boot-Camp-restore<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some time ago I was able to create bootable Windows 10 installation on external SSD drive. It worked perfectly and I was able to play all Windows only games. However, it all went south when I upgraded my Macbook Pro &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/dev.fruitbyte.com\/?p=112\"><em>Continue&nbsp;reading&nbsp;<span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66,72],"tags":[83,84,40,82,81],"class_list":["post-112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-macos","category-windows","tag-bootcamp","tag-external-ssd","tag-games","tag-macbook-pro","tag-steam"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/dev.fruitbyte.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/dev.fruitbyte.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/dev.fruitbyte.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dev.fruitbyte.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dev.fruitbyte.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=112"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/dev.fruitbyte.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":116,"href":"http:\/\/dev.fruitbyte.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112\/revisions\/116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/dev.fruitbyte.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dev.fruitbyte.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dev.fruitbyte.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}