How to easily attach Windows 8 to a mobile hard drive

Windows 8 is easy to install into mobile hard drive. This tutorial teaches you how to install Win8 on a mobile hard drive. windows to go, a special feature of win8, successfully installs win8 on windows XP to download mobile devices, instead of starting from a mobile device to install the system. That is to say, we can bring your operating system anytime and anywhere and use it on any machine. You don't have to carry your computer on your back. If you unplug the USB flash drive or move the hard disk during use, win8 will automatically enter the sleep state. If you do not plug in the USB flash drive after one minute (a USB flash drive with win8 or a mobile hard disk installed), the system will automatically shut down. With this function, those who don't want to toss their own computers can experience the cool win8 on a USB flash drive or a mobile hard drive! Tool/raw material windows Automatic Installation tool package (aik.pdf (I think only imagex.exe can be used) Windows 8 System iso file capacity is greater than or equal to 16 GB of U disk or mobile hard disk (mobile hard disk installation and use speed is much faster than U disk) STEP/method download the win8 Installation ISO file (about 2.56 GB) and Windows 7 Automated Installation kit(this file is about 1.7g. I recommend that you try to download imagex.exe directly, because only this tool is needed after the Windows 7 flagship version, and this file is very small, be sure to select 32-bit or 64-bit. In win8, the 32-bit Windows automatic installation kit (AIK) is ready for the mobile hard disk. It is best to ensure that the computer can be properly connected without data. I downloaded all the following operations on windows XP. Let's take a look at the difference between a mobile hard disk and a USB flash disk. Extract related materials: (a) copy the installation CD of Windows 8 or install in the sources directory of the installation image. wim file (B) install the Windows automatic installation toolkit, copy C: \ ProgramFiles \ WindowsAIK \ Tools \ x86 (32-bit) or C: \ ProgramFiles \ WindowsAIK \ Tools \ amd64(imagex.exe file (c) under 64-bit program) in the computer running windows 7 or win8 operating system, copy the bcdboot.exe file under C: \ windows \ system32.pdf. Place these three files in the root directory of the same disk partition (ensure the same directory, the root directory is just for the convenience of entering the command) and create WindowsToGo to insert the blank USB drive into the computer, and perform the following operations: I. run "command prompt" in administrator mode ii. type diskpart and press enter to start the disk management tool. Iii. Use the listdisk command to view the disk ID of the USB flash disk. the ID of the USB flash disk on this computer is "Disk 3" iv. Use the selectdisk3 command to select the USB flash disk. V. Run the clean command to clear all content on the disk. Vi. Use createpartitionprimary to create a primary partition for the USB flash drive, and use selectpartition1 to select this partition vii. Use the formatfs = ntfsquick command to quickly format the USB drive to the NTFS file system. Viii. After formatting is complete, use the active command to set the current disk to the active status. E) after the USB driver is created, close the command line and copy the extracted install.wim1_image.exe1_bcdboot.exe to the USB drive. F) Open the command prompt as an administrator, type "X:", and press enter (X is the drive letter of your USB drive, replace it with your actual drive letter) to enter “imagex.exe/applyinstall. wim1X: \ "and press enter (X is the drive letter of your USB drive, replaced with your actual drive letter ). Wait until WindowsToGo is created. The production time depends on the transmission speed, write speed, and capacity of your USB drive. When "Successfullyappliedimage." is displayed, the current operation is completed. H) Input "extension bcdboot.exe x: \ windows/sx:/fALL" and press enter (X is the drive letter of your USB drive, replace it with your actual drive letter) to start windows on the device. When "Bootfilessuccessfullycreated." is displayed, the current operation is completed. Note: The first line of command should not be followed by/f all. Also, input bcdboot.exe x: \ windows/s x:. 3. Start WindowsToGoa. If your computer is a windows 8 system, you can change the startup options of WindowsTOGo in "hardware and sound" on the control panel. After the change, when the USB drive is detected, the system will direct WindowsToGo to start working. B) if your computer is an operating system earlier than Windows 8, you need to set the BIOS to boot the USB drive. C) the first running time is slow. In addition to automatically configuring computer devices in Windows 8, you also need to enter the product key and accept the license. D) Use the personalized settings of Windows 8 for the first time. I. Like in the past Windows operating systems, Windows 8 also has such settings. The first setting is to name our computer. Note that this is not the user name, but the name of your computer. After entering the information, click Next. Ii. Because Microsoft softid is used to log on to Windows 8 by default, the system requires a network connection before setting the user name. If there is no network connection, skip this step. Iii. If you have successfully connected to the network in step 2, we recommend that you use WindowsLiveID to log on to windows8. Enter the user name and password of your WindowsLiveID. E) In the future, if you change to another computer, the device will be automatically configured, without the need for personalized settings, and all the settings will be moved with your USB drive. WindowsToGo features are simple and easy to use, which greatly facilitates personal travel and enterprise users. Of course, there are still many imperfections in this function, and there is no graphical interface for the moment. We look forward to more outstanding performance in the officially released version of Windows 8! Reminder: try to ensure that the mobile hard drive or USB flash drive has only one partition. If I failed to use multiple partitions on the mobile hard drive, all steps cannot be saved. Note that the number of digits in your current operating system must be the same as the number of digits in the preceding file. Otherwise, the system cannot run! If you want to save time, you can directly search for imagex.exe with 32-bit or 64-bit download without downloading the Windows Automatic Installation tool package (aik.pdf.