Can I use my Samsung T5(portable ssd) as a installation process of windows 10?

[KevinD29]

Ok so I have this portable ssd, so I was thinking maybe i should not buy a usb to boot windows 10, should I?

 

Can I use my samsung t5 instead of usb? 

 

[Electronics Wizardy]

you can, but it often requires wiping the drive to do so. Try using rufus

[TheKDub]

Yes, you can use it to install Windows, however you'll have to format it to do so. (All data on it will get wiped.)

[vanished]

In addition to the first party tool formatting the whole drive, not just a partition on it (if you've broken it up), it formats it to a 32 GB partition (at most, smaller if the device is smaller obviously), so to regain your space after you will have to format it again.  For these reasons I generally recommend using an old flash drive you have lying around rather than a full SSD as it's overkill and can be a pain, but it does work if you should so need.

[KevinD29]

10 hours ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

In addition to the first party tool formatting the whole drive, not just a partition on it (if you've broken it up), it formats it to a 32 GB partition (at most, smaller if the device is smaller obviously), so to regain your space after you will have to format it again.  For these reasons I generally recommend using an old flash drive you have lying around rather than a full SSD as it's overkill and can be a pain, but it does work if you should so need.

ok makes sense, just going to buy a usb then.