Run Win8 (win to go) on a USB flash drive)

Win8 has a fascinating magic feature-"windows to go", which allows you to install Win8 on a USB flash drive, mobile hard drive, and other portable devices, and can run directly on different computer hardware, so that the system can carry it with you!

Simply put, this function is to create"Windows 8 running on a USB flash drive", Let your Win8 go! It is not a simplified version of Shenma, nor a winpe, but a genuine Win8 operating system. It is no different from normal installation. Although the performance of USB flash drives and mobile hard drives is worse than that of general hard drives, they bring unprecedented portability and will certainly be much more convenient to carry your own operating system with you, next, we will take you through this new feature in different dimensions ......

Preparations

Release preview version from Windows 8 RP to the latest RTM
In the official version, Microsoft has built windows to go production tools in the Enterprise Edition. It can easily help you install Win8 on a USB flash drive or a mobile hard drive.

Before you start, you need to prepare a Windows 8 RP or an updated version of the image, a 32 GB or more space U Disk/mobile hard disk (in fact, 25 GB can also, but it can only be created using the command line ). BecauseWindows to goThe performance bottleneck is the disk read/write speed. Therefore, we strongly recommend that you use
Usb3.0 device. If USB is used, the screen may be stuck when the data transmission rate is large, while USB is a two-channel reading and writing method, which basically does not feel the host card.

Production Process

Double-click the image file of Win8, or right-click the image and select "LOAD" to load a Windows 8 image to the virtual optical drive of Windows 8:

After the image is loaded, go to the "control panel" to find the "Windows
To Go. Open it and you can create a Win8 USB flash drive that can be run step by step.

For more information, see the video tutorial.

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