Portable Windows 11 USB Flash Drive with Rufus and Windows To Go
#Windows11 #Portable #WindowsToGo #Rufus
Full steps can be found at https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials/0637.html
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What is Windows To Go?
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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. - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/planning/windows-to-go-overview
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Prerequisites
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- A USB flash drive, at least 32 GB https://amzn.to/3qkrJ1p | https://amzn.to/3Nhu9b9
- Windows 11 installation media .iso
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Installing Windows 11 on USB
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01. Plug in the USB flash drive, 32GB or larger
02. Download the Windows 11 iso https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows11
03. Download Rufus version 2.0 or later https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/releases
04. Run the Rufux application
05. Select the target USB device (double check the selection, all data on the USB device will be destroyed)
06. Click the Select button next to Disk or ISO image ≫ Browse to and select the downloaded Windows 11 iso file
07. Select Windows To Go from the Image option dropdown
08. Select MBR from the Partition scheme dropdown
09. Click the Start button to write the modified installation media to the target USB device
10. Wait for Rufus to write the files to the USB device
11. That's it! Boot to the USB device on any machine you wish to run the portable Windows 11 environment on
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