Install and Run Portable Windows 7/8/10 Off a Live USB Flash Drive

[@chi11estpanda]

05:02

[@therealjammit]

Interesting. Here's the trick I used. I didn't have Win 10, but Win 7 and the free "upgrade" to Windows 10 (legit from Microsoft). WinToUSB did install Win 7 to a USB drive, but Win 7 would fail to boot (I probably needed a special driver for USB because my Win 7 was too old). I installed Win 7 on a SATA HD with a CD. Registered and updated Win 7. Used the free upgrade to install Win 10 over the internet. Win 10 was automatically registered. Installed all updates to Win 10. Shut down and removed SATA drive. Installed SATA drive in a USB3 enclosure. Booted off the USB3 enclosure. I plan on trying to use "Gparted" to clone Win 10 on the SATA onto a USB thumb drive. If it boots I'll then re-register Win 10 which will automatically (via Microsoft's online activation) de-register the SATA install.

[@8singularity]

thumbs up for the first wintousb with an actual speaking person. It would be helpful for you to explain the three partition schemes, and the difference among legacy/vhd/vhdx, etc..

[@someguy0523]

Thanks, been trying to do this for ages worked as described. Also thanks for the "PLOP", this will come in handy too.

[@90Wolft]

Is “PLOP” safe

[@someguy0523]

@@90Wolft Yes, in my case it runs off a CD so read only and functions as a redirect

[@nathanwillyerd7198]

Excellent tutorial! I used this to boot into a Surface Pro 5 that wouldn't boot from the internal storage so I could recover files. Despite using a USB 3 SSD and the internal storage being SSD it did still take quite a bit of time to boot up from it but it still did the job! Thank you so much for the tutorial!

[@dergunter1237]

after booting from the SSD how did you manage to connect to your old data files? If I boot from a SSD I basically get a clean version without any data stored.

[@iatrica]

Thanks for the vídeo. It gelped me a lot!!!!! For those whith difficulties do not forget to change UEFI to legacy on BIOS.

[@minigungaming5404]

Thanks for reminding me

[@patriciawebber5304]

i did this and the USB stops blinking and then goes to slow flashing which means the USB has stopped being read... It wont let me boot into Windows 7

[@readme_nfo]

i did the same thing you explained for getting windows 10 with the enclosure for macs when they're underspec'd for a particular version of OS X lol

[@PuterExpertCustomPrinting]

great video I already use wintousb for doing what you showed here but sometimes I forget the process so this video is a good recap on how to install windows to usb.thanks for doing this video

[@jamesbrandon8582]

My first time doing a clean install of windows 10, I accidentally designated it to the usb it was on 🤔 when I removed the usb it did not boot windows. When I plugged the usb back in and restarted my the PC, windows booted directly from the usb. I Iaughed when I realized what I've done😂, I didn't even know that it was possible to have a live copy to carry around.

[@Makal.0w0]

James Brandon how did u do this cuz this is what I’m trying to do

[@killertruth186]

Software Sunday on a Saturday? Edit* I just realized that someone else did made that comment before me.

[@MartinPaoloni]

Welcome to Software Sunday... On a Saturday. 🤣

[@AAComputersandTechnology]

I'm considering renaming it to Software Saturday :p

[@rhreznor]

@@AAComputersandTechnology I have a problem. Windows 7. Ethernet controller cant update driver. Tried a wireless antenna and driver. Nothing. Somethings causing me not to diagnose the problem.

[@wrzq]

Beautiful tutorial, thank you so much for making this vid.

[@rhreznor]

I have a problem. Windows 7. Ethernet controller cant update driver. Tried a wireless antenna and driver. Nothing. Somethings causing me not to diagnose the problem.

[@televisionandcheese]

Haha, you're using the same USB as the last video! This has served me great for running windows 7 on a USB 2.0 2GB flash drive! It's really fast surprisingly :)

[@96blocks]

How? I’ve always tried to do that for Windows 7, but it always freezes at the boot logo

[@televisionandcheese]

@@96blocks I just used WinToUSB like in this video, it worked perfectly

[@PhilJLF]

Had to install 3 different bootable Linux distros to a USB for one of our college network admin & security labs

[@PhilJLF]

* usb thumb drive

[@rescenic]

which linux distro?

[@PhilJLF]

Muhammad Ridwan Hakim we got to pick what ones we wanted

[@pinkipromise]

freshinstall on a ssd also makes it usable on usb to sata adapter on any computers

[@marchofthelorex238]

Your last tip solved the exact issue I was having thanks.

[@rhreznor]

I have a problem. Windows 7. Ethernet controller cant update driver. Tried a wireless antenna and driver. Nothing. Somethings causing me not to diagnose the problem.

[@tomypower4898]

Yes USB drive

[@masterdevoe2519]

@@rhreznor manually download it from the internet

[@badorastrome5418]

The link which you download windows ISO from it give you direct link from Microsoft Services so I think its save Also you can use program called (Iso Dawonload tools by Heidoc) which also give direct link from Microsoft for windows and office P.S both ways give only links to retail ISO So you must buy key from Microsoft directly for Activation

[@johncarlogamboa7331]

On the other hand, you can use Rufus to create a bootable for your flash drive :)

[@MikeTrieu]

Rufus will only make bootable installer media, but won't actually allow you to install Windows to a removable flash drive. Windows itself forbids this... unless you bypass that restriction with WinToUSB.

[@96blocks]

@@MikeTrieu I thought you could make it a Windows to Go install

[@mysteryguy7716]

I have a problem with booting win 7. It's stopl loading at disk.sys. And I'm doing it an an brand new laptop with win 11.

[@nadien1958]

I'v tried this before (Win10 64 bit) only to find that the machine i tried to run it (MSI KT8 NEO2 w/Athlon 64 FX) on would not, even though it runs Win 7 Pro 64 bit just fine. And by the way it does run Win10 32 bit without a problem.

[@daaga3309]

Just what i am looking for thanks for the video

[@dylanlindsay1993]

awesome tutorial i tried this using rufus usb tool and it took almost 3 hours just to copy the files to the usb and i was using a usb 3.0 drive plugged into a usb 3.0 port then the installer got stuck on getting ready and crashed...

[@user-nx7sj1pi2c]

There are conditions! First, it must be implemented literally

[@Adiazpolo]

I think it's funny that my main hard drive stopped working (my friend fixed it and I'm picking it up in the morning) so I took the hard drive out of my broken ps3 and I put it in to my pc and installed windows 7 on it which I thought was awesome but then when I tried to update windows 7 since it was really out of date it stopped the hard drive from booting right. Now I have this usb with me and I'm trying out windows to go. Which means I can have 2 main hard drives and 1 usb

[@tomyyoung2624]

Yes signal in Elmira ontario all morning

[@killertruth186]

ESATA port is actually faster than regular USB 2.0.

[@cee128d]

But USB is a lot more common.

[@MikeTrieu]

@@cee128d Yeah, eSATA pretty much died when USB 3.0 came onto the scene.

[@user-tj7hk1ss8d]

USB 4.0 is coming, it will kill old USB generations

[@umedavk2011]

You must slow down a bit for old guys like me !!

[@zainrafique]

put it in 0.75 x speed if that helps

[@MeariBamu]

general USB reading and writing speed is slower than general SATA HDD, When you use it for video editing install lot of app to usb compare with SATA HDD it will more slower to starup and use the programe

[@flynno490]

I did exactly the same thing as you but win to USB wouldn’t accept the iso file (the exact iso file as you have)

[@user-nx7sj1pi2c]

Good job BUT my frind i ,m now can,t get das copy The link Gib andri 8.1 or 11. 10 1809....

[@wizbudgies31]

i am using windows 10 on external usb drive but from couple of days i am facing issue while booting into OS it almost take more than 20 mins

[@lote9816]

ty so much i just changed my sdd and im getting new ssd in few months so i dont wanna waste my serial key for a hdd that i will change in few months since the key works only per 2 devices so i had an idea activating the key on the usb so i dont have to buy new key helpfull video tnx!!

[@KuromiDarklord]

Windows just a moment never stops

[@extremework2282]

She's right getting ready never stop

[@KuromiDarklord]

@@extremework2282 I found a solution. Use another Software name, Rufus. It does that same while free and most importantly it actually works and does everything in 30 minutes.

[@extremework2282]

Thanks 😍😘

[@KuromiDarklord]

@@extremework2282 I am a boy, u simper edit: Still thanks for making me laugh. U are nice

[@corey7219]

I actually have an old alienware area 51-m 766 from 2004 that doesn't support booting from usb so the PLOP boot manager will actually help in my case. Unfortunately, it can only go up to windows 7 due to the processor being too old

[@corey7219]

@@lifequest7453 Linux for most people isn't a good option as it has a steep learning curve regardless of which distro you use

[@jurabekabraev8396]

Thank you for the tutorial! I couldn't understand the last part. I have installed the windows 8 on my pc and it runs. But how to use that SATA or something?

[@RUPEEEEEEEEE]

Press X if its excluded from the list!!!

[@user-zj6hn4nb1m]

I have this really weird issue where i can boot into the usb and see that the windows7 iso is starting up, but then it just turns off after a few seconds and boots into the normal system??? Just keeps doing this everytime

[@christianbarrera3614]

I was thinking I could do it with 16 gigs

[@truth7387]

You are a fine Nerd, Damn...

[@elisafaccioli1400]

I am tremendously late, but, booting from the usb changes files in the hard drive??

[@kings8834]

Bruh can someone help me? I done everything and the USB is running but when I boot it up, the windows logo and loading circle stays there ( even over an 1 hour) and doesn’t boot

[@kings8834]

@Samuel Goldman I tried both and it hasn’t worked

[@DEEP_RAJ.]

Try different iso of windows

[@mate5075]

Yeah it’s a common problem with windows to go

[@ScrapTechTips]

Can you go through how to install windows 2016 data centre server as I need to know

[@memesofproduction3]

@AA Computers and Technology I used Aomei patition assistant to do this with latest build but the issue with these installations is that the OS is not really as portable as windows to go since windows to go searches and installs drivers for each new device it is plugged into whereas these installs think it is the same device every time and try to run off of the same old drivers which makes it unbootable on devices it was not booted on the first time.

[@florinalexandru6626]

I've waited 10 hours and it's still on the "Getting ready" screen!!

[@vishnumuralidhar5659]

Whether it supports apps which doesn't work on virtual machine

[@EventuallyTM]

I recommend that you use a tool know as rufus.

[@alexakilov2698]

I legit was going to say that.

[@alexakilov2698]

@@Tyler-Bravo I don't know how to boot a live version of Windows

[@Tyler-Bravo]

@@alexakilov2698 You can't burn something onto a USB. Burning something to a CD for example puts it on the CD permanently, because you burned it to it. We have flashdrives now, you dont need to burn it you just store it on the flashdrive. I'm only asking because you and Wee Gee are saying to use Rufus, but you shouldn't use Rufus to make a live Windows. I mean you can use Windows2Go but other programs like in this video work well, that's the only reason I was asking, I already know how to - but yall are clearly confused on what this video is about.

[@tejaspadhye]

The thing is, using Win2USB to boot in uefi. Only legacy boot works cuz its NTFS and boot.wim demands NTFS and not FAT32 required by UEFI. And theres no option for splitting the boot.wim

[@iknowbricksgood]

doesntwork for me, keeps saying unsupported file system no matter what i try

[@deonardolicaprio2]

Mine is frozen at 04:06

[@chandrakumar-bt5bn]

after install pendrive not format what i can do pls help me

[@arnab30dutta]

I need to see HDD of my laptop( Dell Inspiron 7537) which crashed and not booting up. If I create Live Portable USB of same ISO (Win 7 SP1) a. will I be able to view that HDD(assume HDD MBR is only corrupt) ? b. Do i have to create Live CD as bootable? c. What will be the difference between Live CD & bootable USB d. Writing to USB using Rufus from non-Live + non-bootable ISO will work or not to see my HDD?

[@chrisjfjjjjjjyydhdhdjudidjd]

Yo i got a problem my f9 n f10 dont work I cant get access to the boot menu in order to change the order is there any other way getting access to it

[@Jeremyb2023]

When I do this and boot from the USB, I only get a prompt to install Windows... but I can't actually load into Windows. Is there a problem with the ISO? I don't want a USB that will install windows... I want one to run windows... My hard drive crashed and I'm waiting on a replacement.

[@giridharan635]

After doing it my external hard drive could not be formatted...?

[@epicproducts9656]

Use diskanalyzer in live Linux (Ubuntu or Linux mint) to delete and format Ext HDD

[@perseojose2517]

my problem is that my flash drive storaged filled completely using the wintousb and appeared two versions of my flash drive one filled and a normal one.

[@deniahmetaj]

You should check the checksums. Btw I've been using that site for months now, it's great

[@joegiusti528]

I use Virus Total

[@ai_southpark69]

I just wanna use this at school xD

[@MickTheRus]

That task bar is killing me

[@fairplayer916]

im just trying to make a USB windows tool for when im testing systems.

[@akashujenia7422]

Hi, How can I retrieve my files from currupted C drive from my laptop...?

[@khalilboussena3514]

You can Google chkdsk it will help it will fix almost all files

[@Malik2.]

Hello sir i have install window in usb but working very slow please solve this problem

[@SteampunkPhoenix]

My boot and system partitions are not the same they are separate? What do I do. It doesn't show up in the boot menu.

[@sandeepm9999]

Usb ports are not working please help..

[@selvadhana]

Usb speed is very slow. How usb gave speed for windows..

[@chucky9040]

the computer's window will be for example 7 and by booting by usb we will use windows 10 and when we unplug the usb and boot the computer it will boot in windows 7. Will this happen?

[@luminumlx2604]

Yes

[@KuromiDarklord]

Only rufus works for me. Wintousb is just simply never works. It just stays in "just a moment" for 10 hours and never stops. rufus does the job in 30 min including placing the image in the usb

[@ttv_sta1ic90s3]

Facts

[@ttv_sta1ic90s3]

Plus sometimes it freezes with wintousb

[@RagingInsomniac]

But what if it thinks its a desktop, and wont connect to the internet no matter if its wired or not?

[@joehdah5395]

Make a video on the lenovo thinkpad x100e they are great machines and are underrated

[@mostafakamal5233]

thanks a lot

[@Lwfp]

Tring to Run windows 7 of a 16gb USB 3.0, installs fine (talk half a day) but when booting windows 7 logo turns up, spins and then Blue screen of death.... any suggestions? turned on Legacy boot, disabled secure boot, tried via a USB-C dongle, and all USB ports, same happening. Lenovo Legion laptop

[@rhreznor]

I have a problem. Windows 7. Ethernet controller cant update driver. Tried a wireless antenna and driver. Nothing. Somethings causing me not to diagnose the problem.

[@samlazar574]

Where and how do you buy your old computers from. Once you got your computer what do you do with it?

[@HangingWithDan]

So at 5:00 you are cloning your live windows 10 usb flash drive to a hard drive in an enclosure and then using that hard drive in another computer or the same computer to run windows 10? Am I correct?

[@DanielDias-qq6tt]

mine gave inaccessible boot device someone help me please

[@oTBePka]

mine is 16gb exactly will that work ?

[@dustinmorse8497]

Yeah, but you were so preoccupied with whether or not you could you didn't stop to think if you should.

[@tomypower4898]

Yes Windows XP

[@deadlygaming7607]

bootcamp not installing on MacBook after installing win 10

[@MKTECHVLOG]

How much time take to boot into home screen

[@tylerplayzz8697]

With this I shall defeat my school's stupid ass blockers

[@lewismcdonald4152]

You lifesaver 👌🏼👐

[@DavidKing-wk1ws]

Ok so on the windows 98 on cd has you redirecting any rewrites to the os on a ram drive as you could not write to any files on a burnt cd. So how do we do the same thing with windows 7? As the number of rewrites to any kind of flash technology is limited.

[@MrMazenQasem]

Thank you but how do I download the version of Windows 7?

[@mohammedtammam9815]

i couldn't found that version what i can do

[@websparrow]

Crap crashes when looking for images

[@omsingharjit]

Can i install window on usb without any hhd ?

[@anthonynorton666]

I am a little confused about the nomenclature here, it appears your not "installing" windows 10 on the flash drive because that would make it portable. Instead, your using the flash drive as an installation medium or am I missing something here?

[@pinkipromise]

microsoft doesnt allow installing to external. this lets u do that

[@fcaughli]

I used AOMEI wintousb and it installed windows 7 home basic instead of the pro version iso I had. It does not have some features I am used to and is kind of a pain. How do i get pro on the usb? Also i would like a uefi version. How do I do this?

[@niranjanniranjans9034]

Can we access the internal hard disk from this portable windows

[@necromancer18v50]

Of course you can!

[@khaos1185]

So I need to buy a key ??? For this to work

[@filipk235]

I like how he said it might take an hour it took 6 hours for me with a fast pc and usb 3.0 lmao

[@8ff71]

Strange took for me 40 minutes on an external ssd

[@blendernoob8993]

Depend on wifi tpo I think

[@DEEP_RAJ.]

It takes me 12 hours with usb 2.0 32 gb

[@cirkulx]

I used Rufus and it took 2 days... it was my flash drive that was the problem.

[@DEEP_RAJ.]

Ultimately I bought hdd 500 gb ( consistent )

[@lookmanismail4070]

i use 16gb usb, then it said disk or partition space is insufficient . then how ? alrdy format it to ntfs. pls help me out

[@BobSmith-fk3vt]

where do i find the way to get past the fact it can't run the free one\

[@prijeeshsivadasan9913]

thanks

[@JushBJJ]

wow i got the same exact type of usb

[@Uraim]

if its work you are genious

[@IEnjoyCreatingVideos]

Nice video Thanks for sharing.👍😎JP

[@GUDANGLAPTOP188]

Hi, thanks I have successfully run win11 on usb flash drive, I am wondering is it possible to move the windows to another drive in case want to upgrade to faster drive in future ? Thanks 🙏🏻

[@relaxationlistening8288]

Am I able to plug this into a chromebook and run windows on the cromebook

[@WeareTheAbandoned]

Thanks bro!

[@pinkninja1410]

Why do you have the taskbar on the left?

[@jamesikhimioya562]

please when I do this wintousb and boot from the flash drive, will I be able to access the hard drive inside my laptop still while still booted from my flash drive?