Q: Windows 10 run with boot camp from a external hard drive
Hi,
I have a MBP 13" 2015 i5 8GB of Ram and 128GB of storage, and i want to run windows 10 (for gaming) with boot camp (so if I'm right OS X is off and Windows is on). I have parallels desktop and i can run windows 10 (situated on my ext hard drive) but it is impossible to play with a virtual machine. So, i am wondering if i can boot and run windows 10 from my ext hard drive ? I have only 128GB one my Mac so using windows and OS X on it is impossible. Thanks for your help ! (just to be clear : if you solution works, if i unplug my ext hard drive all windows will bug (or something like that)).
MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X El Capitan (10.11.1)
Posted on Feb 8, 2016 8:14 AM
-- Parallels Desktop (PD) is an app that manages a VirtualMachine (VM): it is a large file. PD can run at the same time as the OSX.
-- Bootcamp is a separate partition on your harddrive in which your Windows runs: this can not run concurrently with OSX, you start either in the Windows partition or in the oSX partition; you make this partition and install Windows in it with the BootcampAssistant app. The BootcampAssitant can not make a Bootcamp Partition on an external disk afaik.
Posted on Feb 8, 2016 11:03 AM