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128GB Corsair Flash Voyager GTX: Wmic Logicaldisk Get Caption, Drivetype

1. There are several tools that can create a Windows To Go drive, including Rufus, WinToUSB, and Aomei Partition Assistant. These allow installing Windows to run from a USB drive. 2. Only drives that appear as "fixed" instead of removable to Windows can be used to create Windows To Go drives using the built-in Windows 10 tool. Other tools allow using removable drives. 3. Several USB drives are recommended for Windows To Go due to meeting speed requirements, including the Corsair Flash Voyager GTX, Samsung Bar Plus, Kingston DataTraveler Elite G2, SanDisk Extreme Pro, and Samsung T5 Portable SSD.

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128GB Corsair Flash Voyager GTX: Wmic Logicaldisk Get Caption, Drivetype

1. There are several tools that can create a Windows To Go drive, including Rufus, WinToUSB, and Aomei Partition Assistant. These allow installing Windows to run from a USB drive. 2. Only drives that appear as "fixed" instead of removable to Windows can be used to create Windows To Go drives using the built-in Windows 10 tool. Other tools allow using removable drives. 3. Several USB drives are recommended for Windows To Go due to meeting speed requirements, including the Corsair Flash Voyager GTX, Samsung Bar Plus, Kingston DataTraveler Elite G2, SanDisk Extreme Pro, and Samsung T5 Portable SSD.

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 A USB 3.0 port is always desirable.

 Officially "certified" for Windows To Go USB flash drives are fast


enough to run an operating system, where certified USB drives are
designed to appear as fixed instead of removable devices when
plugged into Windows. Both types of drives can technically be used
for Windows To Go, but only fixed ones will work with the creation
tool built into Windows 10 Pro and Enterprise.
 You can determine if a drive is fixed or removable from Disk Management (search Start
or Run for diskmgmt.msc). Look at the squares toward the bottom left where the drive
descriptions say "Basic" or "Removable."
 You can also check by entering these two commands into Command Prompt:
wmic
logicaldisk get caption,drivetype
The output should be a list of drives with numbers next to them: 0 = Unknown, 1
= No Root Directory, 2 = Removable Disk, 3 = Local Disk, 4 = Network Drive,
5 = Compact Disk, 6 = RAM Disk
 128GB Corsair Flash Voyager GTX USB 3.1 ($47 drive with 440MB/s
reads & writes) is working fine and is low price. The Corsair Flash
Voyager GTX does appear to Windows as a fixed drive, it certainly
meets the speed requirements, and is considerably cheaper.
 32GB Samsung Bar Plus USB 3.1 ($9 drive with 200MB/s reads,
300MB/s on 128GB+ models). The faster 200MB/s reads on
Samsung's drive proved to be very usable for general
computing/basic productivity on a Windows 10 To Go drive,
excluding the occasional spot of lag. This model technically isn't
certified for Windows To Go and has relatively slow ~30MB/s write
performance, which might matter depending on your use case. For
reference, the write speed on a conventional hard drive is around
70MB/s. Considering the fact that Samsung's drive only costs about
$10, it's a great budget solution if you want to create a Windows To
Go drive for basic use, although be aware that you'll have to use third
party tools instead of the one built into Windows 10.
 $29 64GB Kingston DataTraveler Elite G2 - up to 180MB/s reads and 70MB/s
writes
 $52 128GB SanDisk Extreme Pro - up to 420MB/s reads and 380MB/s writes
 $198 1TB Samsung T5 Portable SSD - advertises up to 540MB/s reads and writes

SEARCH NVME WINDOWS TO GO enclosure
Third-party Windows To Go creation tools
Rufus is probably the most popular tool that can create a Windows To Go drive for
Windows 8 and 10, though it may not be so obvious at first glance. Here's a quick guide
on the Windows To Go creation process from Rufus 3.3.1. This worked for both the
removable and fixed USB drives that we used for testing:

 Select a drive and ISO like you were creating a bootable OS drive any other time
 Click the dropdown menu and choose Windows To Go instead of standard
installation
 Choose your desired boot sector info (using MBR + UEFI throughout testing was
fine)

Rufus 3.3.1 doesn't list the Windows To Go option when using a Windows 10 1809 ISO while an
1803 ISO works fine.

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Here are many other tools that can make a portable Windows drive:

 WinToUSB - This tool is dedicated to creating Windows To Go drives and has


already received an update to work with the latest build of Windows 10 (1809).
o Getting started: Select a Windows image file (.iso, .wim, .esd, .swm) and
continue with the prompts. The MBR + UEFI boot configuration requires
a $30 upgrade, as does the ability to export your current OS (tools >
Windows To Go Conversion).
 Aomei Partition Assistant - Along with being able to create Windows To Go
drives from image files (.iso, .wim and .esd), this software includes a full drive
partitioning suite in the same 11MB package -- convenient given the task at hand.
o Getting started: Click the "Windows To Go Creator" on the left and
follow the prompts. The option to export your current OS is also in this
wizard, but only the paid Professional edition (~$50) has this feature
enabled.
 FlashBoot - Has a variety of features for USB drives, including the ability to
create one that will boot independently from your primary operating system.
Again though, only the Pro version ($30) can clone your current OS as a
Windows To Go drive.
o Getting started: Click Full OS > USB, select whether to prepare the drive
for UEFI or MBR-based systems and then you can choose a .iso or .esd
file. The software can also use the .esd file on your current installation
(C:\ESD\Windows\Sources\install.esd) without downloading any
additional OS data.

Disabled functionality on Windows To Go:

 Internal disks are offline. This prevents data from being exchanged between the
Windows To Go drive and those in the host machine. These drives can be enabled but
it's not recommended because if the host machine is hibernating, you'll delete that user
state and any unsaved data along with it. This may also corrupt the host PC's operating
system.
 Hibernate is disabled by default. Hibernation can be re-enabled on the WTG drive,
though there isn't much sense in hibernating on one machine/configuration and then
attempting to reload that session on another system. Hibernation also occupies a
significant amount of storage.
 Trusted Platform Module (TPM) isn't used. When using BitLocker Drive Encryption, a
pre-operating system boot password will be used for security instead of TPM, which is
bound to a specific computer and Windows To Go drives will move between computers.
 Windows Recovery Environment is excluded. Microsoft says you should re-image the
Windows To Go drive instead. Likewise, refreshing/resetting is disabled (resetting to an
OEM's standard doesn't apply for Windows To Go).
 Upgrading a Windows To Go workspace also isn't supported. Older Windows 8 or
Windows 8.1 Windows To Go workspaces can't be upgraded to Windows 10
workspaces, nor can Windows 10 WTG be upgraded to future versions of Windows 10.
For new versions, the drive needs to be re-imaged with a fresh copy of Windows. We
did not test the software, but Hasleo (the WinToUSB developer) has a Windows To Go
Upgrader.

Best practice suggestions for using Windows To Go:

 Always shut down Windows and wait for shutdown to complete before removing the
Windows To Go drive.
 Don't insert the Windows To Go drive into a running computer.
 Don't boot the Windows To Go drive from a USB hub. Because of power requirements,
always insert the Windows To Go drive directly into a port on the computer.
 If available, use a USB 3.0/3.1 port with Windows To Go.
 Do not install non-Microsoft core USB drivers on Windows To Go.
 Suspend BitLocker on Windows 7 host computers before changing the BIOS settings to
boot from USB and then resume BitLocker protection.
 If you unplug the drive while Windows To Go is running, Windows will freeze and you
have 60 seconds to plug the drive back in. After 60 seconds, the computer will shut
down and your session will be lost.
 After removing the drive without shutting down properly, it's suggested that you not
plug the WTG drive into another system for risk of corrupting critical system files.

By Microsoft websites:
Windows To Go is removed in Windows 10, version 2004 and later operating systems. The
feature does not support feature updates and therefore does not enable you to stay current. It
also requires a specific type of USB that is no longer supported by many OEMs.

Windows To Go is a feature in Windows 10 Enterprise and Windows 10 Education that enables


the creation of a Windows To Go workspace that can be booted from a USB-connected external
drive on PCs.

Running WinToUSB
Get the cracked version of it first.
1. Next, connect a blank USB flash drive to your computer. Launch WinToUSB from its Start
menu shortcut. At the introductory screen, click the button to the right of the Image File
field and choose the ISO file you created for Windows 10.
You can use the best free Windows To Go Creator software WinToUSB to create
Windows To Go from a Windows 10 Professional installation ISO.

If you want to create Windows To Go with Rufus, please directly download Windows 10
ISO from Microsoft within in your web browser without using the Media Creation Tool
or download via MSDN or TechNet.

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