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 Installing Linux on a Removable Drive Read This First You CAN put Linux on a removable drive and boot your laptop from it. HOWEVER You will need to make significant changes to your operating system to do this. You will  have to disable BitLocker and SecureBoot, features that make your laptop more resistant to viruses and trojans. At the end of the process, your laptop will have a very unusual start-up. This could be good if it prevents anyone but you from turning on your laptop. This could be bad if it annoys you—And may take a lot of time to reverse. The Laptop: Lenovo T16 Gen2 with Intel Core i7 processor. 16 GiB Memory 512 GiB SSD main drive Available USB-C and Thunderport USB ports The Portable Linux Drive Western Digital MyPassport Thunderport USB access 2 TB storage You also need A flash drive of at least 8 MB with nothing on it. Handy Access to your Microsoft Account ID and Password. Step One: Turn off BitLocker in Windows 11 Within windows, [Win] S --To bring up the s...

  How to install Dragon NaturallySpeaking 11 on Windows 11. April 27, 2024 I love using Dragon NaturallySpeaking. I have been using Dragon NaturallySpeaking ever since they had version 4. It is much faster than typing, and becomes more accurate the more that you use it. I used my previous laptop for a few more years than I should have, happily Using Dragon 11 without problems or much concern.  When the laptop suddenly and catastrophically died, I had to go through the process of replacing software as well as recovering my files. “No problem!” I thought, “I have installation disks from the last several licenses of Dragon NaturallySpeaking that I purchased, and I’m sure that they will install on my new Windows 11 laptop with no problem.” Actually, the most recent to licenses for Dragon NaturallySpeaking were version 11,Premium. My new laptop does not have a DVD drive, so it was not a trivial thing to find external DVD drive plug it in and spin up the DVD to install Dragon Natura...