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[SOLVED] Installing Windows 10 on an external SSD to be used elsewhere

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I have 30 SSD's that I plan on installing into computers throughout a school building. We use a Windows 10 image on our network to image every computer that is plugged into out network.
I am trying to image the SSDs' before taking them to the school to install so it saves time while in the school.

I am using an external SSD reader on my laptop to try and put the image on the ssd. Is this possible?

How do I go about this without affecting my current Windows 10 on my laptop?

Thanks for any suggestions.
 
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I have 30 SSD's that I plan on installing into computers throughout a school building. We use a Windows 10 image on our network to image every computer that is plugged into out network.
I am trying to image the SSDs' before taking them to the school to install so it saves time while in the school.

I am using an external SSD reader on my laptop to try and put the image on the ssd. Is this possible?

How do I go about this without affecting my current Windows 10 on my laptop?

Thanks for any suggestions.
Sysprep
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/wi...alize--a-windows-installation?view=windows-10


Or, just make a Win 10 to install with, and suffer the one time pain of the 30...
I have 30 SSD's that I plan on installing into computers throughout a school building. We use a Windows 10 image on our network to image every computer that is plugged into out network.
I am trying to image the SSDs' before taking them to the school to install so it saves time while in the school.

I am using an external SSD reader on my laptop to try and put the image on the ssd. Is this possible?

How do I go about this without affecting my current Windows 10 on my laptop?

Thanks for any suggestions.
Sysprep
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/wi...alize--a-windows-installation?view=windows-10


Or, just make a Win 10 to install with, and suffer the one time pain of the 30 installs.
 
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