Thunderbolt Windows 7 external hard drive

Hello world

I would describe my plan and ask advice on what defects or difficulties I'm likely to encounter!

I recently moved from Windows 7 PC to imac, but I need for the operation of some Windows programs too.

I don't want to use my internal drive that I need the space.

My plan is to buy an external drive Thunderbolt and run Windows from there.

Issues related to the:

I've seen several methods described on Google - any recommendations on who should be?

Can I partition the Thunderbolt 4 to 2 X 2 to disk so that WIndows has 2 TB but the other 2 TB are available for the Mac, and if so how?

All advice welcome

Kind wishes

Jim

If you create a minimum install to your internal drive (c) for Windows and use the external drive as D:, all your programs TB partition and applications (other than the BONE) can reside and run from the disk of TB. This allows you to re - install Windows without any loss of data at any time and without violating your license. Most users do not buy Enterprise of Windows including Windows-to-Go.

You can partition the external drive as a GPT Mac OSX journaled Extended and a parts of FAT32. You can convert FAT32 to NTFS on the side Windows, if you wish.

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