Execute Windows from an external storage device.
Execute Windows from an external storage device.
I switched to Linux a few days ago and have only encountered one problem. Most games don’t run well on it, so I’m planning to buy an external SSD, install Windows there, and just plug it in to boot. Is that feasible? And which external drives do you suggest? You mentioned dual boot, but with a 120GB SSD in my laptop it won’t really help.
I don't know. It might work just fine, though it's possible that it'll install a boot loader on your SSD that overrides GRUB. That'd mean that you can no longer boot Ubuntu, and you'll have to have the external harddrive plugged in whenever you're booting it up.
You can configure your SSD in the BIOS while keeping your Linux boot partition intact. In UEFI you have the flexibility to install multiple boot loaders for startup.
It seems Windows might indicate it can't run other operating systems. Placing the UEFI drive on an external hard disk could resolve the issue. However, I'm unsure if the installer will allow you to select that option initially. You'll need to test it to confirm.