All you have to do is run the program, insert the installation disc (CD / DVD) or the Windows image (ISO / WIM / ESD / SWM / VHD / VHDX) into the program and follow the simple steps and instructions displayed as a wizard. You select the installation iso, select gpt for uefi, select your flash drive (fast usb3 drive like San Cruzer extreme is good (<£20 for 32GB) - I recommend minimum 32GB capacity,Īlso, I recommend you click on legacy button rather than vhd (vhdx is not available in free version).Ĭlicking the button legacy installs the files directly than in a vhd and this works even if a UEFI install, although the button was originally only for legacy bios installs (they should rename it now).Īfter about 15-20 mins, you will now have a UEFI based flash drive that you can boot from.Īdd your favourite programs eg recovery tools such as Macrium Reflect Free, bcdedit, minitool partition wizard free, games etc.WinToUSB is a simple and compact software from the EasyUEFI development team to install Windows portable on USB storage, one of the best in the field of portable Windows operating systems. The easiest way to do it is to install wintousb (Free version is fine. Version 1703 now allows you to access multiple partitions, so now it is possible to create a bootable flash drive with full version of Windows on it. Some PCs will not even boot in legacy bios mode any more, and on others you have to change a bios setting. The upshot of this was you could not create a UEFI installation of Windows on a normal usb flash drive, only a legacy bios version.
as in expensive Windows To Go certified drives). In all previous versions of Windows, you could only access one partition on a usb flash drive (unless it was a special one with the "fixed drive" bit set e.g. The CU version (1703) has introduced a significant change at long last to how it handles partitions on a removeable usb flash drive.
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