Comments on: How to create a Windows To Go USB drive in Windows 8 (step-by-step)

By: John Tomas

John Tomas — Sat, 07 Nov 2015 00:24:00 +0000

There is a third-party tool called WinToUSB which can help you create Windows To Go drive more easily. I have been using it for over a year now, it works very well for me.

By: Soylent

Soylent — Fri, 27 Sep 2013 15:44:00 +0000

In reply to Pit. Well, there is the Windows 8 Pre-Installed Environment (PE), which does exactly that

By: Mauro

Mauro — Tue, 28 May 2013 14:32:00 +0000

In reply to DagG. DagG, I am glad it worked. Thank you for commenting back on the topic.

By: DagG

DagG — Tue, 28 May 2013 14:29:00 +0000

same process worked on 128Gb SSD drive! thank you !!! also on another 16GB Flash drive :D

By: Mauro

Mauro — Sat, 25 May 2013 13:25:00 +0000

In reply to DagG.

If you can, try using a USB external hard drive instead and try these steps. I experienced in the past that depending on the brand of the USB “flash drive” you are trying to use matters. Once I tried to create a Windows To Go with a cheap drive and it didn’t work either, then I tried using a western digital external hdd and it work perfectly.

Here is a bit of more information of what I am talking about: http://technet.microsoft.com/library/hh831833.aspx#wtg_hardware

I hope this helps,
Thanks,

By: DagG

DagG — Fri, 24 May 2013 16:16:00 +0000

help please

I followed this guide step by step, it doesnt work for me

flash drive ADATA 32Gb

W8 enterprise version

C:Windowssystem32>bcdboot.exe m:windows /s m: /f ALL
Boot files successfully created.

$Recycle.Bin
Boot
Documents and Settings
EFI
PerfLogs
Program Files
Program Files (x86)
ProgramData
Users
Windows
bootmgr
BOOTNXT

tried 3 laptops, usb3, usb2, custom boot, direct boot from flash…

operation system not found… :(((

By: Pit

Pit — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 22:08:00 +0000

In reply to KK m. Glad it did. Thank you for your comment!