HP Stream with 32 GB Drive Installation of Windows 11 on USB Drive

[coover]

I am attempting to install Windows 11 on a 256 GB USB Drive and use that drive for storage rather than the extremely small 32 GB C: drive soldered to the machine, an HP Stream.

I was able to place the installation .iso of 26100.2605 version of Windows 11 on a USB stick using Rufus, but when I attempted to select the 256 GB USB stick as the drive to install to, I got an error message that I could not install to that drive to use on the HP stream.

Are there workarounds that I could use to do this installation?

HP Stream 14, Celeron N3060, 4 GB RAM --- Yes, I know that besides not having any storage space and not being updateable, it is extremely slow, but I have a use for it ... I already have the "Tiny11" version on it on the C: drive, but I want to experiment with it and need the full 11.

 

[Grizzly]

The regular Windows 11 install will not work, no matter what you do. There is a reason why the minimum space requirement is 64GB as you have beside the system of about 25GB also the temporary files of about 20-25GB of installation which will mostly deleted after the finished install. Add that up and you are running out of space immediately. If the tiny11 works, stick with that. You have no choice

 

[Bighorn]

Just saw this and have a comment. Any full install of Windows needs space to work in when installing, running and updating plus some third-party software may need it when installing or as 'scratch' space. To that end provisions are made via System Requirements, default use of Virtual Memory [which can be adjusted] and a Temp/Tmp folder for, hmmmm, temporary storage that may or may not be emptied when a program no longer needs it.