Windows To Go Step by Step

JMH · Apr 26, 2012

Introduction

New to windows 8 is a feature called "Windows to go".

Windows to go allows you to run windows on USB device such as USB stick or USB hard drive.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Before you begin

Step by Step guide on building Windows To Go

Step #1. Partition an MBR disk for both UEFI and BIOS use with a FAT32 system partition and an NTFS OS partition

A: Using Disk Part

B. Using the Graphical Disk Manager

Step #2 Apply the image to the OS partition on the disk

Step #3. Move the necessary boot components to the system partition on the disk.

Step #4. Apply SAN policy 4 to the disk:

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/6991.windows-to-go-step-by-step.aspx

zigzag3143 · Apr 26, 2012

Unfortunately they specify USB 3.0 etc.

Have a USB 3.0 drive that reports as fixed.

Note: Most USB flash drives do not report as fixed (not removable ) and are not performant enough for Windows To Go
to verify if usb is fixed you should be able to see the word "basic" is computer management otherwise you will see the word "removable"
Most USB hard drives registers as fixed

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