Alex opens the Disk Management tool on their laptop (Press Win + R and type diskmgmt.msc ). They locate the external hard drive, right-click on it, and select "Format." They choose the NTFS file system and give the drive a name, such as "Windows External."
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Alex restarts their laptop, enters the BIOS settings (usually by pressing F2 , F12 , or Del ), and set the external hard drive as the first boot device. They save the changes and exit the BIOS settings. The laptop boots from the Windows installation media, and Alex follows the installation prompts to install Windows on the external hard drive. Alex opens the Disk Management tool on their