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I´m not sure the free edition only creates a WinPE. I think it does if the "Download Windows components" option is checked. If not, it...

I installed the Windows 8875 update in a similar AMD ThinkPad laptop (T495s), no problems at all. BitLocker is not active. I also...

The bottleneck in this case is the external HDD. As long as you write to an HDD, there´s nothing to do.

Supposedly, this is a Windows 11 forum. Keep it that way.

There is no "correct order". The ESP can be at any position in the disk. Because of this, it is usually possible to move it to change...

And only changes in the OS C: partition are saved. The changes done in a data partition, if present, are not saved. Or are they?

There shouldn´t be any problem using Rufus. I have done in the past and, to check, did it again before writing this post. No problem...

You got the theoretical speed? So it´s not theoretical anymore?

Trim itself does not erases data, but marks the data as "invalid". After a Trim operation, data is read as a deterministic value (DRAT)...