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

There are so many great uses for a portable SSD, even if you aren't a full-blown tech geek. Check out these practical use cases.

Iodyne's new Pro Mini is a professional-grade external SSD with USB4 and Thunderbolt 4: ready for sustained 3GB/sec performance for those who need it.

This particular Samsung drive is one of the best external SSD options you can buy for your gaming PC on a budget, offering decent connection speeds and lots of storage for the price.

You’re better off just putting together your own external SSD. And don’t worry! It’s not even that difficult. Here’s why you should give it a shot and how to put one together yourself.

Setting up DaVinci Resolve to use an external SSD for caching is simple. First, connect your external SSD to your computer. Then, open DaVinci Resolve and go to the “Preferences” menu.

A possible way around that problem would be to use the OCuLink just for the GPU or SSD, but the host device (laptop or handheld PC) needs to have such a port, and it's not a very common sight.

Every single external SSD I have seen has reviews mentioning how it doesn't work for Time Machine, long-term. They are all designed for light use, like a thumb drive.