Running Windows 10 from a USB drive

I believe that many people are the same as me. Dream of having a USB stick version of your operating system with you in your pocket. Wherever you go, you can run your own configured operating system whenever you have a computer. This blog post is a step-by-step tutorial on how to load and run Windows 10 from a USB drive.

Let me imagine a scene. Perhaps you use the computer is not your own, the system may be XP or Win7 Win8, the system is not set up in accordance with the requirements of your work (such as his computer installed VS2005), swollen, the answer is to use their own configuration and mounted on the USB drive operating system.

First, you need a USB flash drive or an external hard drive with at least 16GB of free space, but preferably 32GB or larger. You can then use a special utility called Wintousb to set up a USB drive for Windows 10. Once you are done, you will be able to start Windows 10 from a USB drive.

Microsoft provides a tool called Windows to go that can generate a bootable Windows USB drive. However, the program is only available for Enterprise editions of Windows 10 and requires a Windows to go certified drive. With WINTOUSB, you can create bootable drives from any version of the operating system and any type of USB drive. One drawback is that Windows 10 from a USB flash drive runs much slower than the hard drive.

Running Windows 10 from a USB drive

Create a Windows ten ISO file to clone Windows 10 to a USB drive. To do this, download the Microsoft Media Creation tool from the Windows 10 Web site . Double-click the downloaded MediaCreationTool.exe file.

On the first screen of the applicable notification and license terms, click the Accept button.

In the What do you want to do? screen, click the "Create installation media for another PC" option. Click Next.

On the select language, architecture, and version screen, verify that all options are correct, and then click Next.

On the Select media to use screen, click an option for the ISO file. Click Next.

Select a location on your hard drive to store the Windows.iso file. Click Save. Windows 10 now generates the necessary ISO files. After you complete this procedure, click Finish. Then plug in our USB drive. Download and install WINTOUSB software from this website (you can also Baidu WinToUSB3.5 cracked version). can use the free version, if you have money can also spend $29.95 (about 206.91 yuan) to buy their professional version.

Start Wintousb. On the Introduction screen, click the button to the right of the mirror file field, and then select the Windows.iso file that you just created. Then select the version of Windows 10 that you want to clone to a USB storage device. Click Next.

On the next screen, click the drop-down arrow next to the field, select Destination Disk, and then select your USB drive. A message will pop up asking you to select a partition scheme. Click the "MBR for BIOS" option, and then click Yes.

On the next screen, click the Legacy option to select the installation mode. Click Next. Your Windows ten USB will now be created.

When the installation process reaches 100%, indicate that it is complete, close the WINTOUSB program, and remove the USB drive.

As for the difference between the system partition and the boot partition, see the reference here .

When you want to start Windows 10 o'clock on another computer, plug the USB drive into the PC, open it, and then bring up the boot menu. What you do depends on the computer you use; Sometimes it is F8 or shift/f8, other times it is F12. Select the option to start the USB drive. Log on to Windows 10.

The first time you use a Windows 10 drive on another computer, you need to establish the necessary Wi-Fi password and other settings. You also need to activate Windows 10 each time you use a USB drive on a different PC, preferably by using a Microsoft account that is linked to your digital license. You can then install the application on the Windows USB flash drive and access any files or documents stored online, so the experience is close to working on your own Windows ten PC.

Running Windows 10 from a USB drive