Thanks for inquiring... but TechSpot only let
s moderators close threads. So no more work on your part now that your problem is solved (but how nice of you to ask and offer to do so!)
just fyi: There's no need to lose the BOOTABLE feature -- just use it as you need,
just don't have it inserted when starting the system and the bootable ext drive will
perform as you expect.
you might like to create a special root level directory eg \MYFILES on that
drive to avoid mixing your data with the bootable system