How to Run Windows From a USB Drive (Win 10 or 11)

Yes, it's possible, here's how!

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0:00 - Intro & Requirements
0:44 - Downloading Rufus
1:02 - Obtaining Windows 11 ISO
1:43 - Obtaining Windows 10 ISO
2:18 - Burning the Bootable USB
4:50 - Booting Up the USB (Disabling Secure Boot)
6:26 - Booting Into Windows
7:30 - Limitations of Windows To Go

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[GeekIWG]

TIP: Change your user agent to appear to be something other than Windows, such as Linux, then Microsoft's website will give you the option to download a Windows 10 ISO directly. It's faster than using the media creator tool.

[lightningsam]

It’s remarkable how a channel has transformed from posting SPAM videos for entertainment to super cybersecurity and useful videos! Great job, ThioJoe!

[snarkykat]

This is awesome! I've been looking for something like this for a long time! Thanks Joe!

[prestonlaptops]

One of the best sets of videos I've seen relating to all kinds of computer problems. Makes a change to watch someone who actually seems to know what they are talking about.

[MooneLightEntertainment]

*Can you believe that I entered a search query for this exact topic with the name Thiojoe a couple of hours earlier? I even included Rufus in the search query*

Feels like providence!

[nogoat]

Here's a piece of advice.
DO NOT DO THIS ON USB 2.0
It took a literal day to create it for me on USB 2.0

[nielsdegroot]

From the Rufus FAQ: You should no longer have to disable Secure Boot if you use Rufus 3.17 or later, as the UEFI:NTFS bootloaders being used by these versions are Secure Boot signed.

[yyperi]

This is very useful for testing memory overclocks. It's easy to corrupt your OS install if the RAM isn't 100% stable.

[mattelder]

Rufus has a feature built in to download the Windows ISO. It does this directly from the Microsoft servers, so it would save you a step and you still end up with the same file.

[randydrew]

Perfect video, been working on this all day when my c drive got corrupted! Thank you for showing the entire setup!

[sirborkyes]

HOLY CRAP, THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! YOU JUST SAVED SO MANY FILES THAT WERE IMPORTANT TO ME, YOU'RE A LIFE SAVER!!!! <3

[khalidyt]

Life saver bro fr . Some programs and games doesn’t work correctly or doesn’t work at all in my windows 11 bc my pc config is not supported (valorant for example needs TPM 2.0 in windows 11 or it doesn’t start ). I watched your video and put windows 10 on usb so i can run the programs that doesn’t work on my windows 11

[rafj]

Just for everyone to know, it took me 12hours to make that bootable usb with rufus not 5 minute or an hour.. if you see it as if it froze just leave it and come back every hour to check on it's progress.. HANG IN THERE. 😄

[michaelmudendah]

You're my favorite tech teacher because your tutorials are easy to follow. Michael from Zambia

[Veeriah.Karupaiah]

ThioJoe is a literal livesaver. Thank you. I lost my boot device for Windows 11 yesterday and this helped me.

[pyp]

Awesome! I've been wanting to do this for a while.

[herewegoagain]

I have rufus and I have windows iso, but I was unable to just do it until I saw this video where you clicked on the downward arrow menu and you choose ''Windows to Go". That does it. Thank you.

[Kenfin]

The samsung usb thumb drive you showed looked really cool!

[anon_y_mousse]

This is awesome. I had a friend a long time back who made a live CD for Win98 and I've always wondered how he did it. Looks like Microsoft may finally be embracing the live CD and everyone can do it now. Though, I'd still like to make a proper Win98 live CD. If anyone is wondering why, it's because I've got a lot of old computers that wouldn't be capable of running anything more recent.

[truongkhoaui]

This is exactly what I want when I don't have any operating system on my machine. Thank you Joe.