The 1st list box Device selects the USB drive as target. Launching Rufus 2.x and confirming UAC will invoke the following windows. A modified thumb drive reports a 'fixed media' disc to Windows (see Amazon advertising above). This can be an USB disc drive or a modified USB thumb drive.

Also a Windows To Go capable USB media with 32 GB capacity is required.

On UEFI systems a 64-bit-Windows 8/8.1/10 ISO image is mandatory (32 bit setups won't boot). If you intend to use a BIOS based machine, you may use 32- or 64-bit images of Windows.

You need also an ISO image of Windows 8, Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 (Technical Preview).

Update: Build 2.0.0.595 has been exchanged with Build 2.0.0.609. The alpha version of Rufus 2.0 may be downloaded here.

First of all, Rufus version 2.x is required, because this is a new feature.

But this plain info is a bit useless, so I decided to write a blog post explaining the odds and evens. But recently I stumbled upon a German forum post mentions that Rufus version 2 (still alpha) also supports Windows To Go setups. I've used the tool Rufus a couple of times to create bootable USB sticks. Windows To Go with a little help from Rufus The only way is to use DISM to setup Windows To Go manually – which is complicated and error-prone. For many people this is sufficient and it's helpful to have a Windows To Go thumb drive for a machine – it comes handy in case something went wrong.īut there is no wizard like the portable workspace creator in Windows core or pro, to setup Windows To Go. If a product key is used, this setup can be activated, but the activation works only for one machine.

In Windows Enterprise there is a tool 'portable workspace creator', that may be used, to setup a device with Windows To Go.īut there is no technical restriction to prevent users from converting a Windows core or pro version into a Windows To Go setup. Only volume activation assures that Windows To Go will be activated on distinct machines. Windows To Go enables users to carry their own Windows environment and boot it on several computers.ĭue to license issues Windows To Go is officially restricted on Enterprise version of Windows 8, 8.1 and Windows 10. Microsoft has introduced this feature in Windows 8 Enterprise for business users (admins, maintenance people or mobile users). Windows To Go is a portable Windows installation on USB media (thumb drives, disc drives).

Within this blog post I show, how to use Rufus to create a Windows To Go setup using a core or pro version of Windows 8, 8.1, 10. I wrote my first article years ago, using Windows 8 Developer Preview for Windows To Go (see links at the end of this article).

I have blogged several times about Windows To Go and how to create such a setup manually.

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