How To Create A Portable Windows USB - Run Windows 10 Off A USB!

In this tutorial I will show you how to create a portable Windows USB flash drive or external HDD. You'll be able to plug this drive into any computer an use your own Windows installation off of your USB drive. This will work for Windows 10, 8.1, 8 and 7.

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Here is a list of supported USB Flash Drives for the best result:

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[cryptogratuittahiti]

I've been looking for a solution on the internet or YouTube for 2 weeks, you're the only one who presents a real solution that really works. Thank you very much for this video. I love you. ❤

[DUMBnEASY]

on the page for choosing BIOS you first had BIOS, then UEFI. But there was a 3rd option for both. Can you please explain that choice a little more? Thank you.

[musokid]

I keep getting the following error in WinToUSB:

The free/trial version doesn't support installing/cloning Windows to a 4K sector disk. 🙁

[abilbakhtiyarli]

7:37 @TheHowTechGuy123 Which one should I choose for my USB Flash Drive : Legacy, VHD or VHDX?
And can I do this on my 16GB Flash Drive or not?

[coldsnipe]

So i run linux of my hard drive and i want to use windows 10 just in a usb not as my main os not on my hard drive so if i do this and then switch back to the main hard drive (not usb) will i be back on linux? Thank you!!

[DiogoSilva-rwns]

Thanks a lot man. I will buy an MSI GS65 stealth and I will buy it for like 1000€ less but without a Operating System. So u helped me a lot. Thx! :)

[illogical]

I need this to test whether or not my ancient PC can handle Win10 but with USB2.0 speeds I think I won't be able to tell but I guess it's worth a shot, I've been wanting to try Win10 anyways.

[dna]

Worked perfectly, thank you VERY much!!

[ahmeda.albadawi]

thank you for making our life easier, its appreciated

[jonathanhoyos]

it worked perfectly. 101% recommended!!!

[xx]

Once you have a bootable OS on the drive, can it still be used as a regular storage device? Or do you need to make a partition?

[Delta_-]

Nice Wallpaper, pretty good tutorial.

[juddr]

If I installed, using everything you said (and it worked beautifully) onto an SSD, could I then remove the SSD and install it directly into a new computer? Loved the vid!!!

[johanjohari]

How about performance? Let's say I am installing windows 10 on an external ssd connected through usb interface, how are it's OS performance compared to windows 10 installed on an internal ssd connected directly to the sata interface.

Specifically, on gaming an streaming tasks

[GameOn-liqe]

Awesome! however I cannot see internal hard drives or the builtin boot drive and all other drives and partitions? How can I access to the those drives and partitions?

[emanuelbuchero]

Very informative.


I been using Puppy Linux live usb cause the hard drive on this laptop crashed --read only file system issues...


But the wife goes bonkers not being able to work on a windows environment ... hence for peace of mind--mine, I will make use your tutorial.


Question though: (I intend to use Windows 7 rather than 10 cause it is relatively stable now a days than the latter, ) will the usb bootable come along with a with at least Word?

[CashInGfLy]

mines just boots back up like normal, i followed every step, any help?

[swastiksarkar]

Why is it not working with a 8 gb pen drive. It says not enough space. The iso file is only 4.5 gb. Is not 8 gb enough?

[lonex]

When I go to boot option to choose boot from USB, I don’t get that, it shows too many boot paths and when I press the usb it opens more to choose which means files that are in the usb.. idk why

[chevelle]

Thanks.
Question. Would this copy windows into a new pc so i won't need to plug in the external drive to boot again?? THANKS.