Windows to go step by step

In this guide we are creating the operating system image that will be used on the Windows To Go drive. Alternatively you can do this manually using a combination of Windows PowerShell and command-line tools. The following Windows PowerShell cmdlets perform the same function as the preceding procedure. Enter each cmdlet on a single line, even though they may appear word-wrapped across several lines here because of formatting constraints.

Clear the disk. This will delete any data on the disk. This command initializes a new MBR disk. This command creates a MB system partition. This formats the volume with a FAT32 Filesystem. This command creates the Windows volume using the maximum space available on the drive. The Windows To Go drive should not be used for other file storage. This command assigns drive letters to the new drive, the drive letters chosen should not already be in use.

Setup unattend files are processed based on their location. You should make sure that folder does not contain a previous version of an unattend. If you do not wish to boot your Windows To Go device on this machine and want to remove it to boot on another machine, be sure to use the Safely remove hardware option to safely disconnect the device before physically removing the device.

Richard Mueller edited Revision Comment: Using a non-enterprise image will not corrupt the device or the host machine. You will however not be able to roam which is why we do not support using non-enterprise SKU's.

Knuckle-Dragger edited Revision Comment: added full name as seen in start when searching, bolded selection. If you do not intend to use Bitlocker, you can skip the first partition S: but then don't forget to set the W: partition active. Step 6. Select the system partition and boot partition from the partition list, the selected partitions will be marked as red, then click "Next". Step 7. Step 8.

It takes some time to install. Step 9. Windows 10 normal installation starts up and you have to complete all the installation steps. After that, you can install programs, copy files, etc. Home Store Support. Step 1. Open a command prompt as an administrator and enter the following command: Diskpart The command should return the following:.

I need to select Disk 3 as the Diskpart operations target, so enter Select Disk 3. Now I need to clean the USB drive. Now create a primary partition on the USB drive. It should be in the sources folder. Note: this screen capture was done after the fact. In the example below, the Windows 8 media is exposed on drive H:. In this case, the USB drive is exposed as drive G:. The image source is on drive H: and the image target is drive G:.

All rights reserved. Version: 6. Successfully applied image. Total elapsed time: 9 min 52 sec.