Method 2 is the best because the VHD file can be copied to any E2B USB drive without problems. USB HDD, SanDisk Extreme Pro or Corsair GTX).īelow are TWO ALTERNATIVE METHODS - one uses a. You will require a fast USB 3 drive with at least 1MB/s 4K random rd/wr I/O speeds (e.g. Enterprise) and a valid MAK or KMS Product Key. If you want a truly 'portable' version of WinToGo that will work on any system, you need to use a Volume Licensed version (e.g. VHD method described below (otherwise you just get an 'everlasting spinning circle of dots'!).Īlso note that unless you are using a Volume Licence version of Windows (such as Enterprise), if you activate any 'retail/OEM' WindowsToGo OS using a new Product Key, that version of WindowsToGo will only be licensed on that same computer. However, if you are booting Win8.1 or pre-1709 Win10 from a Removable USB flash drive, you must use the.
You can use VBox+VMUB instead of a real system for booting Windows, if you prefer. Here are the steps, in outline, for an MBR-bootable version of Win7ToGo (but also works for Win8 and 10).
