How do you boot Windows from USB without using third party tools?

easton · on Feb 13, 2021

Load a Windows 10 ISO and click Windows to Go, wait a couple minutes. Full Windows on a USB and it’ll automatically rediscover hardware if you move it to a new PC.

userbinator · on Feb 12, 2021

Look up WinPE. It's a lightweight "live CD/USB" version of Windows that can be run entirely in RAM. A full "portable Windows" install can be made from it. AFAIK all the third-party tools do is automate the process of copying thousands of system files and also act as a boot manager.

adrian_b · on Feb 12, 2021

I have no idea. That is why I boot Linux from Thunderbolt or USB and for the few Windows programs that I need I use either Wine or a Windows VM.

s_dev · on Feb 12, 2021

WinToUSB is $50 but they allow you to do Windows Home and MBR partitions for free. Rufus and Disk Utility for Linux/mac OS