Microsoft may no longer support Windows To Go, but you can still make a portable Windows 11 installation — and it actually works okay.

We're going to show you how to do a full installation to the SSD, as well as how to boot to Windows from a microSD card. The latter will keep the original SteamOS install intact.

What? A boot ssd will still be faster. Unless you really have some strange program that will only install on a boot drive and needs the space. Anyways Win7 has been happy with my 96GB drive.

Ask the Experts: Gilbert wants to know if he should upgrade his boot drive SSD and also wants our opinion on the rest of his rig.

I just tried to create a new empty text file in my documents on my boot drive, which is an NVMe SSD. The system didn't do anything for about 25 seconds, during which time I could hear one or more ...

There are few ways to make a laptop faster that are as easy and cost-effective as replacing your existing hard drive with a solid state drive (SSD).